De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat

IT, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Partner

With her 25 years of experience in IT, Natascha van Duuren leads the IT, Privacy & Cybersecurity Team consisting of specialists in privacy, compliance, procurement, IT contract law and liability law. In her daily practice, she advises clients on matters such as outsourcing and cloud-sourcing projects, IT contracts, IT procurement, data protection and cybersecurity.

Natascha commenced her career as an adjunct researcher at the Institute for Information Law at VU Amsterdam. In mid-1998, she joined De Clercq as an attorney, and went on to become a partner in 2005. In addition to her work as an attorney, she is co-author and editor of a series of books titled ‘Multidisciplinary aspects of…’, on topics such as blockchain, AI, COVID-19 apps and digital security. She is also a board member at Climbing the Right Tree, an NGO that works to create career opportunities for young people in Africa through IT education.

Natascha’s daily practice involves advising national and international clients on outsourcing and cloud-sourcing projects, IT transactions and IT tendering processes. She is frequently involved in IT-related disputes and their resolution. In addition, she supports clients with compliance processes relating to privacy and security, including the implementation of the Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS2). She also regularly participates in an incident response team that addresses cyber incidents, and she takes the lead in handling the legal aspects and resolving the incident.

Natascha studied at VU Amsterdam and successfully completed the postgraduate specialisation courses in IT Law (Grotius, 2002) and Privacy and Personal Data (TILT, 2012), as well as the postgraduate specialism in Cybercrime & Cybersecurity at Leiden Law Academy. She is a member of the Netherlands Association for Computer Lawyers (VIRA), the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law (NVvIR), the Privacy Law Association (VPR), the Privacy Lawyers Association (VPR-A), Association of AI Lawyers (VAI-A) and the Netherlands AI Coalition.