Kennedy Van der Laan

Privacy Group

Partner

Hester advises businesses on the many aspects of data protection law, privacy and technology. She supports Dutch and international companies as well as government agencies in matters concerning (EU) privacy legislation. She also advises on the impact of privacy in large administrative projects and on the full implementation of privacy compliance in businesses and organisations. Besides, she provides support in investigations and enforcement procedures of the Dutch supervisory authorities Personal Data Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)) and Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM)).

Hester is also a senior lecturer at the specialization training course for privacy law attorneys and a lecturer at the Grotius IT-law training course, author of Tekst & Commentaar Privacy- en telecommunicatierecht, editor of the journal Privacy en Informatie and a university lecturer at Utrecht University.

Dutch, English

Chairman of the Privacy Law Association (Vereniging Privacy Recht) Board member of the Privacy Law Association for Attorneys (Vereniging Privacy Recht Advocaten)

Law, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1987 Ph.D in law, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1993. Thesis on legal aspect of Teleworking