Francesco Di Tano

Academic Experience:

• Junior assistant professor (fixed-term) at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.
• Research fellow at the Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence - (Alma AI) of the University of Bologna, from July 2019 to June 2022, on the topic "The processing of personal and sensitive data in the context of Research funded by the Horizon 2020 framework program after the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)".
• Research fellow at the CIRSFID of the University of Bologna, in 2018, on the topic "New vulnerabilities in the Internet and legal IT criticalities: the phenomenon of cyberbullying".
• Ph.D in Law and New Technologies (XXIX cycle), at the CIRSFID of the University of Bologna, in July 2017, with a thesis entitled "Hate speech and hate behavior on the Net: a comparative analysis from a de iure condendo perspective". Tutor: Prof. Annalisa Verza.
• Honorary fellow in Legal Informatics, at the University of Bologna, since 2014.

Professional experience:

• Data Protection Officer at multiple companies
• Lawyer enrolled in the Bar Association of Reggio Emilia, since December 2012
• Licensed to practice law obtained in November 2012 at the Court of Appeal of Bologna
  

Other assignments:

• Ethics & Privacy Advisor for the European project "Platform Labor in Urban Spaces: Fairness, Welfare, Development (PLUS)", Horizon2020, coordinated by the University of Bologna. Assignment currently in progress since 31/03/2021
• Ethics & Privacy Advisor for the European project "FOOD and Local, Agricultural, and Nutritional Diversity (FOODLAND)", Horizon2020, coordinated by the University of Bologna. Assignment currently in progress since 01/10/2020
• Teaching Tutor for the IUS/20 courses of the University of Bologna, at the Bologna and Ravenna offices, from April to December 2019
• Honorary fellow in Legal Informatics and Advanced Legal Informatics at the University of Milan, prof. Giovanni Ziccardi and prof. Pierluigi Perri, from 2012 to 2013

Formation:

• Postgraduate Course in "Data protection and data governance. The management of personal data in public administration and health care", at the University of Milan, in 2020
• Master's Course in IT Law and Legal Informatics, at the CIRSFID of the University of Bologna, in the academic year 2011/2012
• Master's Degree (single cycle) in Law, at the University of Bologna, with a thesis in criminal law entitled "Injuries in sports and criminal law", supervisor Prof. Stefano Canestrari, grade 110/110 with honours
• Scientific High School Diploma obtained at the Liceo Scientifico "Aldo Moro" of Reggio Emilia, in 2004

Mentions and Awards:

• Finalist in the competition of ideas "Inventing the Future", launched by the University of Bologna in 2011, with the project entitled "Diary Kids"
• Participant in the competition of ideas "ideamocracy", launched by the Emilia Romagna Region in 2011 for e-democracy applications in Emilia Romagna, with the project entitled "e-miliaromagna"