Maria Boole has been a research assistant in Sub-Project A07 “The Industry of Personal Data” since 2025. She studied German and European Business Law (LL.B., LL.M.) at the University of Siegen. As part of her work within the CRC, she conducts research into and provides legal assessments of non-transparent practices in the online advertising industry, while also contributing to the further development of key data protection law concepts in the context of current technological and economic developments.

• Data law and information technology law
• Personal rights in the digital space
• Non-transparent data practices in the online advertising industry
• Ownership and access rights to data
• Liability and allocation of responsibility
• Legal framework for AI and algorithmic systems