Nadya Purtova

Publications

Inaugural lecture

  1. Purtova, N. Inaugural lecture “Law, humans and information machines” delivered on 12 May 2025, Utrecht University (download text or listen)

Books

  1. Samantha Adams, Nadezhda Purtova, Ronald Leenes (eds.) (2017) Under Observation: The Interplay Between eHealth and Surveillance (Springer International Publishing)
  2. Purtova, N. (2011). Property Rights in Personal Data: a European Perspective, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International available in open access.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. Nadezhda Purtova, Bryce Clayton Newell, Against Data Fixation: Why ‘Data’ Fails as a Regulatory Target for Data Protection Law and What to Do About It, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2025;, gqaf038, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaf038 (open access preprint available here);
  2. Purtova, N. (2025). Does governing artificial intelligence mean governing data? When looking at data (governance), what do we not see? Dialogues on Digital Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251339077 open access;
  3. Purtova, N., & Huyskes, D. (2024). General Principles of Code. Technology and Regulation, 2024, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.71265/wvprhp38 open access;
  4. Nadezhda Purtova, Robin L Pierce, Citizen scientists as data controllers: Data protection and ethics challenges of distributed science, Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 52, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105911. open access;
  5. Newell, B., Purtova, N., Paterson, H., & Moon, Y. E. (2024). Regulating the US Consumer Data Market: Comparing the Material Scope of US Consumer Data Privacy Laws and the GDPR. 45 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 1055 (2023-2024) open access;
  6. Purtova, N., & van Maanen, G. (2024). Data as an economic good, data as a commons, and data governance. Law, Innovation and Technology, 16(1) open access;
  7. Nadezhda Purtova, Ronald Leenes, Code as personal data: implications for data protection law and regulation of algorithms, International Data Privacy Law, Volume 13, Issue 4, November 2023, Pages 245–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipad019 open access;
  8. Purtova, N. (2022) “From knowing by name to targeting: the meaning of identification under the GDPR”, International Data Privacy Law 12(3), pages 163–183, https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipac013 open access;
  9. Taylor, Linnet and Purtova, Nadezhda (2019) “What is responsible and sustainable data science?” Big Data & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719858114 open access;
  10. Graef, Inge, Husovec, Martin and Purtova, Nadezhda, (2019) “Data Portability and Data Control: Lessons for an Emerging Concept in EU Law” German Law Journal 19(6)
  11. Purtova, N. (2018) “The law of everything. Broad concept of personal data and the future of European data protection law”, Law, Innovation and Technology 10(1), available in open access https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2018.1452176 open access;
  12. Purtova, N. (2018) ‘Do property rights in personal data make sense after the Big Data turn? Individual control and transparency’, Journal of Law and Economic Regulation 10(2) (also translated to Korean)[1]
  13. Purtova, N. (2018) “Between the GDPR and the Police Directive: Navigating through the Maze of Information Sharing in Public-Private Partnerships” International Data Privacy Law 8(1)
  14. Purtova, N. (2016) “eHealth Spare Parts as a Service: Modular eHealth Solutions and Medical Device Reform” in European Journal of Health Law 24(4)
  15. Purtova, N (2015) “Illusion of personal data as no one’s property” Law, Innovation and Technology Vol. 7 No 1
  16. Purtova, N. (2014). “Default entitlements in personal data in the Proposed Regulation: Informational Self-Determination Off the Table … and Back On Again?” in Computer Law and Security Review Vol.30, no.1
  17. Purtova, N. (2013). “Who decides on the future of data protection? Role of law firms in shaping European data protection regime” in International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, vol. 27, no. 3
  18. Purtova, N. (2010). “Private law solutions in European data protection: relationship to privacy, and waiver of data protection rights.” Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol. 28, no. 2
  19. Purtova, N. (2010). “Property in personal data: a European perspective on instrumentalist theory of propertization.” European Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 2, no. 3 (October 2010)
  20. Purtova, N. (2009). “Property rights in personal data: Learning from American discourse.” Computer Law and Security Review, vol. 25, no. 6

Peer-reviewed book chapters

  1. Purtova, N. (2017) “Health Data for Common Good: Defining the Boundaries and Social Dilemmas of Data Commons” in Under Observation: The Interplay Between eHealth and Surveillance, Samantha Adams, Nadezhda Purtova, Ronald Leenes (eds.) (Springer International Publishing)
  2. Purtova, N., Kosta, E. and Koops, B.-J. (2014) “Laws and regulations for digital health” in Requirements engineering for digital health and care, Fricker, S. et al (eds.) (Springer)
  3. Cuijpers, C., Purtova, N., Kosta, E. (2014) ”Data Protection Reform and the Internet: the draft Data Protection Regulation” in Research Handbook on EU Internet Law, Savin, A., Trzaskowski, J., (eds.) (Edward Elgar)
  4. Purtova, N. (2011). “Property in personal data: second life of an old idea in the age of cloud computing, chain informatization, and ambient intelligence” in Computers, Privacy and Data Protection: an Element of Choice, Gutwirth, S., Poullet, Y., De Hert, P., Leenes, R. (eds.) (Springer)

Other

  1. Nadezhda Purtova, ‘Why Simply Redefining Personal Data Narrowly Does Not Solve the Problem of the “Law of Everything”’ (Brussels Privacy Hub, 15 December 2025) https://brusselsprivacyhub.com/why-simply-redefining-personal-data-narrowly-does-not-solve-the-problem-of-the-law-of-everything/