Biography
Vonne assists Dutch and international clientswith various matters in the field of data, AI and privacy. She litigates, both in individual cases as well as in class actions. Using this litigation experience, she provides strategic advice that aligns commercial goals with compliance obligations. More specifically, her strategic input covers the following laws: the GDPR, the AI Act and other EU Data Laws (incl. the Digital Services Act, Data Governance Act, Data Act, Digital Markets Act, Open Data Directive and NIS2). She also advises on privacy-related matters such as online tracking, data breaches, direct marketing campaigns and escalated privacy complaints from individuals.
Public speaker and writer
As a public speaker, Vonne is frequently asked to present or moderate at conferences and seminars. She also gives guest lectures at universities and provides courses at private training institutions or for clients. Vonne has many legal publications to her name and is the author of two books about privacy law (Boom Basics Privacyrecht and Privacyrecht Begrepen). In addition, she regularly contributes to the Dutch legal journals Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht (internet law) and Jurisprudentie Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (data protection case law)."
(Board) Memberships
· Vonne is Chair of the Board of the Dutch Register for Data Protection Officers: NRFG (Stichting het Nederlands Register voor Functionarissen voor Gegevensbescherming). The aim of the register is to improve the position of qualified DOPs in the Netherlands.
· Vonne is a member of the Supervisory Board of The Privacy Collective. The Privacy Collective is a foundation that started a class action against Oracle and SalesForce for illegal online tracking.
· Vonne is a member of various Dutch legal associations, including the Vereniging Privacyrecht Advocaten (Netherlands Association of Privacy Lawyers) and the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law (NVvIR).
Background
The concept of privacy became interesting to Vonne while she was working as an independent copywriter. How do we perceive privacy in a continuously digitalizing society? She became a privacy lawyer at a renowned internationally operating Dutch law firm in 2013 and gained further experience in this area. She was part of the Information Technology Team for five years until she started her own law firm in November 2018 and combined forces with Eliëtte Vaal in May 2020 to start The Data Lawyers.
