Judith Rauhofer

Judith Rauhofer is a Senior Lecturer in IT Law at the University of Edinburgh's School of Law and Associate Director of the Centre for Studies of Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT). She holds dual legal qualifications as a non-practicing Rechtsanwalt (Germany) and non-practicing Solicitor (England and Wales), combining academic expertise with industry consultancy experience.

• Research focuses on data protection and privacy law
• Teaching: Data Protection Law, EU Data Protection, Information Technology Law
• Founding Editor, European Data Protection Law Review
• Member of BILETA, ORG Advisory Council, and fipr

Her work explores tensions between individual privacy rights and collective privacy interests, with specializations in Big Data governance, purpose limitation principle, and data sovereignty in cloud computing. She has supervised numerous PhD students in online privacy law while maintaining active consultancy services for commercial, government, and NGO clients.

Recent research outputs examine:

• Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)
• Collaborative obfuscation strategies
• Surveillance law implications
• Historical context of data retention policies

Scientific contributions include:

• Co-authoring 35 research outputs
• Editorial board membership for European Journal of Law and Technology
• Keynote presentations at Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2014