Robert Aufschläger received his Master of Science (Computer Science and Computational Mathematics) from the University of Passau in 2021. He worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Software Systems in Technical Applications of Computer Science (FORWISS) at the University of Passau. In 2022, he moved to the Technology Campus Vilshofen (TCV) of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT). He is now working as a research assistant and pursuing a PhD. His research interests mainly include Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, Open Data, and Synthetic Data.

Jakob Folz received his B.Eng. and M.Sc. in Applied Computer Science from the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) in 2019 and 2022, respectively. He completed his master's thesis at the Technology Campus Vilshofen (TCV) of the DIT, where he now works as a research assistant in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection and Cybersecurity. He is currently pursuing PhD at the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of West Bohemia in the program Computer Science and Engineering. His research focuses on encrypted data manipulation and privacy preservation, including anonymization methods and modern cryptographic techniques such as multi-party computation and homomorphic encryption for secure computations.

Elena März received her degree in law from University of Augsburg. She works as a research associate for Prof. Dr. Buchner, and she is pursuing a doctorate in law. Her research focuses on data protection and liability law.

Johann Guggumos is a research associate at University of Augsburg who graduated in law and computer science. His research focuses on data protection law and process automation.

Michael Heigl is a Professor for Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity of the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of West Bohemia. He is one of the scientific directors of the Technology Transfer Centre for Digital Security at the Vilshofen Technology Campus (TCV) of the DIT and one of the leaders of the inter-faculty institute ProtectIT conducting application-oriented research on the protection of industrial automation technology, critical infrastructures, automotive and avionics systems and IoT-devices. His research scopes on network communication detection and prevention mechanisms, especially applying Artificial Intelligence to improve Cybersecurity. His findings have been published in international open access journals and IEEE conference proceedings.

Benedikt Buchner is a professor of civil law, liability law, and law of digitization at University of Augsburg. He is member of the board of the German Foundation for Law and Information Technology (DSRI) and director at Institute for Bio-, Health-, and Medical Law (IBMG). His habilitation was awarded with the Science Award by the German Foundation for Law and Informatics (DSRI). As editor of the journal DuD (Datenschutz und Datensicherheit), he focuses on law and security in information processing and communications.

Martin Schramm is a professor at the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Media Technology and Computer Science at Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT). He is also the director of Institute for the Protection of Industrial Technologies (ProtectIT). He was awarded his Ph.D. from the faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, in 2016. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree and a Master of Engineering degree, with research and thesis, obtained in 2010 and 2011 from University of Applied Sciences Deggendorf (Germany) and University of Limerick (Ireland), respectively. He leads application-oriented research on securing industrial automation technology, critical infrastructures, and automotive and avionic systems, as well as IoT devices, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art. His findings have been published in international open access journals and IEEE conference proceedings.