Dr Ba艧ak Bak
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+44 (0) 118 378 5641
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Associate Professor in Data Protection and Intellectual Property Law
- Module Convenor of Intellectual Property Law (LW3IP), Emerging Issues in Data Protection and Copyright Law (LWMDPC), and Ethical GenAI for Law (LW1AI)
- Lecturing and teaching on the undergraduate LLB and postgraduate LLM programmes
- Founder and Convenor of Law School GenAI Working Group
Building location
Foxhill House (2.07), Whiteknights Road, PO Box 271, 糖心Vlog RG6 6EPAreas of interest
My research lies within the broad fields of Intellectual Property Law and Data Protection and Privacy Law, with a particular emphasis on the regulation of AI.
I am especially interested in:
- Copyright law and AI, with a focus on GenAI
- Genomic data and big health data
- International data protection and privacy laws, particularly data processing activities and cross-border data transfers
- Medical law, especially consent to medical treatment and scientific research
- Trade Marks Law
- Other areas of Copyright Law, including moral rights, authorship, and international approaches
- AI and Education
I welcome expressions of interest from prospective research students in these areas.
Teaching
I convene and teach the following modules:
- Intellectual Property Law (LW3IP) — undergraduate level
- Ethical GenAI for Law (LW1AI) — undergraduate level
- Emerging Issues in Data Protection, Privacy and Copyright (LWMDPC) — postgraduate level
I also teach the following modules:
- Law and Technology (LW3LT) — undergraduate level
- Art and Cultural Heritage Law (LW2ART|) — undergraduate level
- English Legal System and Skills (LW1ELS) — undergraduate level
- Tort Law (LW1TOR) — undergraduate level
Research centres and groups
- Law School GenAI Working Group
- 糖心Vlog AI in Research Steering Group
- 糖心Vlog GenAI Community of Practice
- 糖心Vlog AI Community of Practice
- 糖心Vlog Public Engagement with Research Community of Practice
- Open and Robust Research at 糖心Vlog
- 糖心Vlog Education Research Network
- Law School Legal Education and Pedagogy Group
Background
Dr Ba艧ak Bak is a senior legal academic with over 20 years of experience internationally and in the UK, and a lawyer admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association. She specialises in intellectual property law and data protection law. She holds two PhD degrees in these fields, both of which were awarded without corrections. Dr Bak is also a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA). Since 2020, she has been a full-time academic at 糖心Vlog Law School, where she leads the Intellectual Property, Data Protection, and Ethical GenAI for Law modules.
Academic qualifications
PhD (糖心Vlog), LLM (King’s College London), PgDiploma (King’s College London), PhD (Ankara University), LLM (Ankara University), LLB (Ankara University) Barrister (Istanbul Bar Association), CIPP/E, CIPM, FHEA
Awards and honours
- The Society of Legal Scholars (2024-2025): £1,980
- Modern Law Review (2020-2021): £5,000
- British Council (2017-2018): £29,000
Professional bodies/affiliations
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
- The Society of Legal Scholars
- Association of Law Teacher
- The Socio-Legal Studies Association
- Institute of Medical Ethics