Research Fellow, La Trobe University
Dr. Stanley Shanapinda, LL.B (UNAM, Namibia); Master of Management ICT Policy and Regulation (Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa); PhD Computer Science (UNSW Sydney). Stanley has over 15 years of experience in the communications sector. Stanley's research focuses on ICT policy and regulation; cybersecurity governance; digital transformation and digital disruption; metadata access and use for digital services, law enforcement and security; location information access and use for digital services, law enforcement and security; data protection, privacy and human rights; hybrid threats; big data; telecommunications law and policy.
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