Nina Bontje

Nina Bontje joined Pels Rijcken’s Administrative Law department in 2014, where she focuses on issues concerning the provision, processing and disclosure of (government) information. Nina has extensive experience in litigation regarding the application of the Dutch Government Information (Public Access) Act and related regulations. Nina also specialises in privacy and data protection law. She focuses on the entire scope of this field: from litigating on requests for access, to advising on the permissibility of data exchanges and assessing the compliance of innovative projects with the General Data Protection Regulation and specific data protection legislation. Nina studied at Utrecht University where she completed two bachelor's degrees and the Legal Research Master's degree cum laude. She wrote a preliminary advice on privacy in administrative law, co-authors the annual Chronicle on Transparency and Integrity in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht (Dutch Administrative Law Journal) and annotates judgments on a regular basis. Nina is a board member of the Dutch Administrative Law Association. She has been a member of the Appeals Board of the Royal Dutch Race Cycling Union (KNWU) since 2018. · Pels Rijcken

NetherlandsAdministrative Law, Data Protection & Privacy

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Joined Pels Rijcken’s Administrative Law department in 2014, focusing on the provision, processing and disclosure of government information with extensive litigation experience under the Dutch Government Information (Public Access) Act. Also specialises in privacy and data protection, advising on data exchanges and assessing compliance with the GDPR and specific data protection legislation, and contributes to scholarship on transparency and integrity.

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Administrative LawData Protection & PrivacyInformation LawLitigationRegulatory

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Netherlands

Pels Rijcken · Nina Bontje joined Pels Rijcken’s Administrative Law department in 2014, where she focuses on issues concerning the provision, processing and disclosure of (government) information. Nina has extensive experience in litigation regarding the application of the Dutch Government Information (Public Access) Act and related regulations. Nina also specialises in privacy and data protection law. She focuses on the entire scope of this field: from litigating on requests for access, to advising on the permissibility of data exchanges and assessing the compliance of innovative projects with the General Data Protection Regulation and specific data protection legislation. Nina studied at Utrecht University where she completed two bachelor's degrees and the Legal Research Master's degree cum laude. She wrote a preliminary advice on privacy in administrative law, co-authors the annual Chronicle on Transparency and Integrity in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht (Dutch Administrative Law Journal) and annotates judgments on a regular basis. Nina is a board member of the Dutch Administrative Law Association. She has been a member of the Appeals Board of the Royal Dutch Race Cycling Union (KNWU) since 2018.

Netherlands

Expertise

Government information / Public accessGDPR complianceData sharing and exchangesTransparency and integrity in public administrationSports appeals (KNWU)

Education

Utrecht University — Two bachelor's degrees
Utrecht University — Legal Research Master (cum laude)