Alessandro Mantelero is Associate Professor of Law & Technology at Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy.

• 1. Mediterranean Digital Societies: A Common Path? Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)Part I: Digital Technologies for Human Rights Protection and Security in the Mediterranean Area2. Downstreaming Data Protection in Humanitarian Work: Why to Revive Fairness Over Public Good for Individual Benefit?, Ayça Atabey (Edinburgh University, UK) and Lina Jasmontaite (Archimede Solutions SARL, Switzerland)3. Contractual Solutions to Protect Human Rights in Critical Areas of International Cooperation, Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)4. Maritime Security in the Mediterranean Sea, Lilian Mitrou (University of the Aegean, Greece)Part II: Digital Services and Mediterranean Cross-Country Cooperation5. Tourist Data: Towards a Mediterranean Data Space, Maria Samantha Esposito (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) and Alessandro Mantelero (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy)6. Health Data Sharing in the Mediterranean Context, Maria Belén Andreu Martínez (University of Murcia, Spain) and Chawki Gaddes (National Personal Data Protection Authority of Tunisia)7. Technological Innovation and Advanced Data Management at the Local Level: Towards a Smart City Data Space?, Julián Valero Torrijos (University of Murcia, Spain)Part III: The Cultural Component of the Mediterranean Digital Space8. Mediterranean Cultural Heritage and Data, Miquel Peguera Poch (Open University of Catalonia, Spain)9. Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture and More: Towards a More Nuanced Methodology for Understanding the Past and Present of Privacy in the Mediterranean, Joseph A. Cannataci (University of Malta and University of Groningen, the Netherlands)