expert meeting, 2026
OECD DFFT Community of Experts and Senior Officials Meeting
OECD, Paris
Invited participation in the OECD DFFT Expert Community and Senior Officials Meeting in Paris (invitation only), on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).
Rob van Eijk
AI, Privacy & EU Regulatory Affairs
Expert witness and regulatory strategy from a former Dutch DPA technologist.
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- Former Dutch DPA (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)
- Senior Fellow, Future of Privacy Forum
- PhD, Leiden University
About
I advise in-house legal and public affairs teams at multinational companies, law firms, industry associations, and regulators on EU privacy and AI regulation, working solo or with specialist partners depending on the engagement.
Recent work includes expert testimony in data protection proceedings, GDPR personal data assessments for multinational clients, and advising regulators on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) as safeguards.
What I do
From regulatory strategy and expert evidence to privacy-enhancing technologies, I work hands-on with clients across industry and the public sector.
Expert Witness & Legal Advisory
- GDPR
- Adtech
- AI
Independent explanations of how adtech auctions, AI models, and tracking systems work, written so they hold up in court.
More on expert witness workPrivacy-Enhancing Technologies & Anonymisation
- PETs
- Anonymisation
- GDPR
- DMA
Design and review of data-sharing set-ups (pseudonymisation, anonymisation, data clean rooms, secure computation) that hold up against the EDPB anonymisation test.
More on PETs and anonymisationEU Regulatory Strategy & AI Governance
- GDPR
- AI Act
- DMA
- PETs
GDPR and AI Act strategy, from personal data qualifications to governance frameworks, grounded in how European regulators investigate and decide.
More on EU regulatory strategyEndorsements
“As head of Private Sector Oversight at the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens), I enjoyed working with Rob for many years. He is analytically strong, thoughtful and very diplomatic.”
Udo Oelen
Former Head of Private Sector Oversight, Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens); Secretary of the Board, TNO
“I had the chance to work with Rob while I was at CNIL and we collaborated on several projects related to online tracking. Rob has a comprehensive view of the complex ecosystem that is the online advertising industry and also manages to know all the technical and legal details.”
Vincent Toubiana
Head of LINC (Digital Innovation Lab), CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)
Recent
Selected engagements and media.
publication, 2026
Anonymous by contract? Applying the EDPB anonymisation flowchart to the DMA's Article 6(11) search-data measures
SSRN
The Commission calls the Google Search data that Alphabet must share under DMA Article 6(11) anonymised. This paper tests that claim against the EDPB's July 2026 anonymisation flowchart.
speaking, 2026
CPDP 2026: The Role of Operating Systems in Trusted AI
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference (CPDP2026), Brussels
Panelist at CPDP 2026 on DMA Article 6(7) interoperability and OS-level privacy, discussing the tension between forced openness and GDPR protections across Apple, Google, and other platforms.
moderation, 2026
Data Protection Day 2026: Chasing Shadows
EDPS and Council of Europe, Brussels
Moderated the Data Protection Day 2026 panel (EDPS and Council of Europe) on whether regulation can keep up with online tracking: the Digital Omnibus, ePrivacy, and browser consent signals.