Vonne Laan
Privacy lawyer / advocaat
Phone
+31 (0)6 11 38 85 26

Biography

Vonne assists Dutch and international clients with various matters in the field of privacy, data protection and cybersecurity. She provides strategic advice that aligns commercial goals with compliance obligations.

More specifically, Vonne’s work entails the design and implementation of GDPR compliance plans, drafting and negotiating privacy agreements (e.g. data processing agreements), drafting other privacy documentation (e.g. privacy statements) and developing processing registers (data mapping). She also advises on privacy-related matters such as cookie policies, direct marketing campaigns and whistleblowing schemes. In addition, Vonne assists her clients in the event of enforcement by the competent authority or court proceedings.

Public speaker and writer

Vonne is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars. She also gives guest lectures at Nyenrode Business University and the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences. In addition, she provides courses at private training institutions as well as for clients. Vonne also has many legal publications to her name and is the author of the privacy law edition of a Dutch standard series (Boom Basics Privacyrecht). She is furthermore a permanent contributor to the Dutch journals on internet law (Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht) and data protection case law (Jurisprudentie Bescherming persoonsgegevens).

Memberships

Vonne is an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), currently acting as the Co-Chair for the Dutch chapter. Furthermore, she is a member of various Dutch law associations such as the Netherlands Association of Privacy Lawyers (Vereniging Privacyrecht Advocaten). This association is only open to members specialised - demonstrably and extensively - in the field of privacy law. Her other memberships include the Association for Privacy Law (VPR) and the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law (NVvIR).

Background

Vonne became interested in the concept of privacy while 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 – Value Privacy Law – in November 2018 and combined forces with Eliëtte Vaal in May 2020 to start The Data Lawyers.

Latest Posts
The CNIL about privacy issues related to blockchain

The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) – the French Data Protection Authority – published guidelines on how the data protection rules should be applied to blockchain technology. Next to possible issues, the CNIL also provides pointers on how blockchains can be built in a privacy compliant manner. This article provides an overview of these pointers with some additions and critical notes. 

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Give prompt payers of privacy fines an “early bird discount”

In this article Vonne Laan argues that giving an “early bird discount” to prompt payers of privacy fines in the Netherlands, would alleviate and facilitate the congested enforcement department of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens). It’s an opinion piece written for a Dutch newspaper (het Financieel Dagblad).

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