About
Dr Başak Bak is an experienced academic, having worked as a lecturer for over fifteen years in the UK and overseas. She worked as a qualified barrister, registered with the Istanbul Bar Association. Başak practices as a legal consultant specialising in intellectual property and data protection. She holds two separate PhD degrees in these fields, respectively. Her research earned her the prestigious Modern Law Review (MLR) Scholarship. Başak is a Certified International Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified International Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Currently, she is working as a full-time Law Lecturer at the University of Reading, where she convenes the Intellectual Property and Data Protection Law modules across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Reading Law School Başak is the founder of the Law School GENAI Working Group.