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.
Experience
–present
Research fellow, La Trobe University
2014–2018
Research Candidate, UNSW Sydney
2018–2018
Research Fellow, Wits University, Johannesburg
2015–2018
Journal Assistant, Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective - Taylor & Francis Group
2017–2018
Research Fellow and Lecturer, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) Rio Brazil
2011–2014
CEO, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia
2007–2010
Head: Legal, Telecom Namibia Limited
Education
2018
UNSW Sydney, Ph.D. Computer Science
2013
Wits University, Johannesburg, Master of Management ICT PR
2005
Justice Training Centre, Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia
2002
B. Juris, LL.B, UNAM
Publications
2020
Advance Metadata Fair, Springer. Law, Governance and Technology. ISBN 978-3-030-50254-6 Series.
2019
Asymmetry in South Africa’s regulation of customer data protection: Unequal treatment between mobile network operators (MNOs) and over-the-top (OTT) providers., The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), Issue 23.
2019
Chapter: ‘Habilitando a Localização de Dados para Cidades Inteligentes: Explorando os Regimes de Proteção e Retenção de Metadados no Brasil’ [trans of: Enabling Data Location for Smart Cities: Exploring the Metadata Protection and Retention Regime in Brazil], in Jhessica Reia, Pedro Augusto P. Francisco, Marina Barros and Eduardo Magrani (eds) ‘Horizonte presente: Debates de tecnologia e sociedade’ Publisher: Letramento, 2018 [trans of: Present Horizons: Debates on Technology and Society].
2018
Privacy versus the Use of Location Information for Law Enforcement and Security in Australia, Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Vol 6 No 4 (2018) https://ajtde.telsoc.org/index.php/ajtde/issue/view/17
2016
Retention and disclosure of location information and location identifiers’, 4(4) Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy 251 http://dx.doi.org/10.18080/ajtde.v4n4.68
2015
Regulatory Effectiveness: Namibia's Communications Regulatory Framework, SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2961892 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2961892
2015
Regulatory Effectiveness: Stakeholder Perceptions of Namibia’s Communications Regulatory Framework, The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), Issue 14.
2010
Constitutionality of Contempt of Court - Media freedom of speech: The Constitutional Challenge of the Common Law Crime of Contempt of Court-The media, freedom of speech and expression, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (July 29, 2010). ISBN-10: 9783838365985 <https://www.amazon.com/Constitutionality-Contempt-Court-Constitutional-Court/dp/3838365984>
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Namibia
Tel Soc t/a the Telecommunications Association Inc.
Australian Information Security Association
Research Areas
Pattern Recognition And Data Mining (080109)
Mobile Technologies (080502)
Corporate Governance And Stakeholder Engagement (150303)
Research, Science And Technology Policy (160511)
Australian Government And Politics (160601)
Law Not Elsewhere Classified (180199)
Computer System Security (080303)
Communications Technologies Not Elsewhere Classified (100599)