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Hester de Vries

Partner · Kennedy Van der Laan

NetherlandsData Protection & Privacy, TechnologyDutch, English

About

Hester de Vries is a Partner in the Privacy Group at Kennedy Van der Laan in the Netherlands, advising Dutch and international companies as well as government agencies on data protection, privacy and technology law. She also supports privacy compliance implementation, assists with investigations and enforcement by Dutch supervisory authorities (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and ACM), and is active as a senior lecturer, author/editor and university lecturer.

Practice areas

Data Protection & PrivacyTechnologyRegulatory / AdministrativeCompliance & Investigations

Office

Expertise

EU GDPR and Dutch privacy lawPrivacy compliance implementationRegulatory investigations & enforcement (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, ACM)Privacy in large administrative projectsTelecommunications & IT lawPrivacy law training and academic teaching

Education

  • LLB (Law), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1987
  • Ph.D. in Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1993 (thesis on legal aspects of teleworking)

Languages

DutchEnglish