Faye Fangfei Wang

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

LLB Law, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), China
Diploma in Computer Science & Application, GDUFS
LLM Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen
PhD Law, University of Southampton

Dr Faye Fangfei Wang is Senior Lecturer in law and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Brunel law School and convenor of the Cyberlaw Section at the Society of Legal Scholars in the UK.

She specialises in cyberlaw, most particularly from the private law perspective, covering the topics of commercial law, private international law, online dispute resolution, privacy and data protection and digital IP Rights.

She is also the author of three monographs Internet Jurisdiction and Choice of Law, Cambridge University Press, 2010; Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions, Routledge, 2010; and Online Dispute Resolution, Chandos publishing, 2009.

As Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr Faye Fangfei Wang is a member of the School's Management Committee and Learning & Teaching Committee, dealing with the undergraduate curriculum and LLB program matters, collaborating with Brunel International and chairing LLB examination boards and panels.

Teaching

International Commercial Arbitration
Internet Law

Research Interests

Cyberlaw
Private International Law
Online Dispute Resolution

Research Areas

Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Contract
International trade law
Privacy and data protection
Cyberlaw

Research Groups

CLRC Commercial Law Research Centre
CIPL Centre for International and Public Law
IPIMRC Intellectual Property, Internet Media Research Centre

External Activities

Convenor

Cyberlaw Section, Society of Legal Scholars UK

External Examiner

Department of Law & Criminology, Aberystwyth University

Legal advisor

Feasibility Study on Statistical Methods on Internet as a Source of Data Gathering (SMART 2010/0030), European Commission

Speaker

“Regulation of Internet Jurisdiction for B2B Commercial Transactions: EU and US compared”, the 7th Kyushu University Annual Law Conference – Regulatory Hybridization in the Transnational Sphere, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 11-12 February 2012;

"Protecting Information Privacy on the Internet: Legal Framework in the EU”, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposium 2010 - Intelligent Information Privacy Management, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 22-24 March 2010;

“Error in Electronic Communications: An Update on International Legal Developments”, 2009 ITechLaw Annual Meeting & World Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, 14-15 May 2009.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Wang, F., Personal Data Breach Notification System in the European Union: Interpretation of “without undue delay”, European Business Law Review 741- 757

(2011) Wang, F., Online Copyright Enforcement and Data Privacy Protection, Intellectual Property Forum (84) : 97- 100

(2011) Wang, F., Liability of Internet Service Providers for the Sale of Counterfeit Goods: Commentaries on L’Oréal and Others v eBay, Intellectual Property Forum (ISSUE 87) : 80- 84

(2010) Wang, F. and Griffiths, N., Protecting Privacy in Automated Transaction Systems: A Legal and Technological Perspective in the EU, International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 24 (2) : 153- 162

(2010) Wang, F., Can Lego Brick be registered as a community trade mark?, Intellectual Property Forum (83) : 98- 102

(2008) Wang, F., Obstacles and Solutions to Internet Jurisdiction: A comparative analysis of the EU and US laws, Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology 3 (4) : 233- 241

(2008) Wang, F., E-Confidence: Offer and Acceptance in Online Contracting, International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 22 271- 278

(2006) Wang, F., Domain Names Management and Legal Protection, International Journal of Information Management 26 (2) : 116- 127

(2004) Wang, F., Another Consideration about Legal System of Electronic Authentication, Forward Position in Economics 2-3 105- 108

Book Chapters

(2011) Wang, F., Consumer Privacy Protection in the European Union: Legislative reform driven by current technological challenges. In: Yee, G. ed. Privacy Protection Measures and Technologies in Business Organizations: Aspects and Standards. IGI Global 331- 349

Books

(2010) Wang, FF., Law of electronic commercial transactions: Contemporary Issues in the EU, US and China. Taylor & Francis

(2010) Wang, F., Internet Jurisdiction and Choice of Law: Legal Practices in the EU, US and China. Cambridge University Press

(2008) Wang, FF., Online dispute resolution: Technology, Management and Legal Practice from an International Perspective. Chandos Pub