To critically monitor the quality of the portal, the newsletter and our courses and to provide us with solicited and unsolicited advice, we have found a number of prominent figures from the data and privacy world willing to form an Advisory Board for Data and Privacy Web. We would like to introduce them to you:
Menno Weij
Partner / Lawyer Tech & Privacy Law
The Data Lawyers
Menno Weij studied Dutch Law (civil and criminal law) at Leiden University. He then worked as a "tech lawyer" for over 25 years. Since January 2025, Menno has been working as an IT Privacy Lawyer at the Data Lawyers.
Anne de Hingh
University Lecturer in Internet Law at the VU
Dr. mr. Anne de Hingh is associate professor at the law faculty of VU University Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute. She teaches within the Master Internet, ICT and Intellectual Property, and conducts research on legal aspects of cybercrime and other internet law and technology issues.
Joe van Burik
Tech journalist BNR
Joe van Burik is tech editor, presenter and podcast creator at BNR Nieuwsradio. You can hear him almost daily in the Tech Update with the latest news on digital technology, and goes deeper into it in BNR Digital every Wednesday with guests from the tech world.
Hans Mulder
IT expert, professor and entrepreneur
Hans Mulder is an entrepreneur, researcher, educator and negotiator (arbitrator, mediator and Judicial Expert) in the field of organization and IT. Hans is chairman of the Advisory Board of DUO (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) and member of the IT committee of SVB (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment). He was and is initiator or commissioner of start-ups. Hans is affiliated with the Antwerp Management School and the Dutch Police Academy.
Nasim Ahmadi
Department Manager of Digital Rights, Ethics & Privacy, Municipality of Amsterdam
Nasim Ahmadi is Department Manager of Digital Rights, Ethics & Privacy. Among other things, she specializes in privacy & security and recently she has also been allowed to deal with (digital) human rights, algorithms and AI. She has worked within this broad field as Privacy Officer, Data Protection Officer and CISO.