The DIGI-GUARD research project
The EU DIGI-GUARD project is a collaboration between eleven research institutions in seven different EU Member States.
The project, whose full title is Digital Communication and Safeguarding the Parties’ Rights: Challenges for the European Civil Procedure, is funded by the EU. It started in June 2022 and will run for two years. Professor Eric Bylander and Associate Professor Marie Linton represent Uppsala University as experts in their respective fields of law.
The project aims to find solutions to some of the problems faced by Member States with the ongoing digitalisation of society. The research project deals with the service of documents and the taking of evidence with particular focus on different forms of communication and information exchanges in both cross-border and national cases. One of the questions raised is how to design technological solutions to ensure the rights of the parties. For examples: the right to be heard, the right to an effective remedy and the right to privacy. The right to a cost-effective process and data protection issues will also be considered. The project is multidisciplinary and involves both researchers and practitioners.
Project leaders: Eric Bylander and Marie Linton
Time period: 1 June 2002-31 May 2024
Funding: European Union
Maria Cicilaki