Talha Boyraz

Overview

F. Talha Boyraz is a Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant at City St George’s, University of London. His research focuses on data protection law, with a particular emphasis on video game technologies and analytics. He is also examining the impact of the European Union’s artificial intelligence and competition law regulations on these technologies. His research is supported by The City Law School Doctoral Scholarship.

Before joining City St George's, Talha has been a Turkish-qualified lawyer since 2021. In 2024, he gained experience as a trainee at the Data Protection Unit of the Council of Europe, which serves as the secretariat for Convention 108—the first legally binding international instrument on data protection, opened for signature in 1981.

His doctoral research is supervised by Professor David Townend and Dr Thomas Bennett.

Qualifications

• LLM in Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom, 2022 - September 2023
• Bachelor of Law, Istanbul University, Turkey, August 2015 - May 2019

Employment

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2025 - present
• Trainee, Council of Europe, France, March - July 2024

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Turkish (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

1^stsupervisor

• Professor David Townend, Professor of Health and Life Sciences Law

2^ndsupervisor

• Dr Thomas Bennett, Senior Lecturer

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