LEYLA KESER

Leyla Keser is Founder and Director of Information Technology (IT) Law Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University.  With a graduate degree from Marmara University Faculty of Law, Keser was a research assistant at the same faculty until 1998. She was awarded a PhD degree in 1998, after which she became a faculty member at Istanbul Bilgi University.

She has authored books, articles and reports on computer forensics, e-signature, e-government, e-commerce, information security, biometric methods, e-invoice, DRM (digital rights management), ICT Law, e-health records, data protection/privacy, online behavioral advertising and cyber security. She was a legal counsel of the Ministry of Customs and Trade for Turkish Commercial Code on Digital Company, IT Law and e-Commerce Law. She gives consultancy for several governmental organizations on IT Law since 2004. She represents IT Law Institute within Network of Centers. She was also a faculty fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.