Frederik is a PhD candidate, researching behavioural targeting and European data protection regulation. Building on insights from behavioural economics, his research explores how privacy could be protected more effectively in the context of behavioural targeting, without unduly restricting individual autonomy.

Before joining IViR he worked in the music industry for many years (as a producer, DJ, publisher and label owner) and dealt with copyright on a daily basis. While running his own company he studied law at the Open University and earned his Bachelor's degree in 2008. During his research Master’s at the IViR he worked part-time at SOLV attorneys, a law firm dedicated to technology, media and communications. Frederik has also studied six months at Hong Kong University.

Behavioral Targeting: Legal Developments in Europe and the Netherlands, Position paper for the W3C Do Not Track Workshop, November 2012.

06.12.2012

May a company photograph the daily lives of people all over the world, store those photos, and publish them on the internet? This article assesses which obligations Google has to fulfil in order to respect the European data protection rules. The focus lies on three questions. First, which data processed for the Street View service are personal data? Second, does Google have a legitimate ground for processing personal data? Third, does Google comply with its transparency obligations and does it respect the rights of the data subjects, specifically their right to information?

20.11.2012

Speech at the European Parliament: Interparliamentary Committee meeting: The reform of the EU Data Protection framework - Building trust in a digital and global world, 10 October 2012.

02.11.2012

(with B. van der Sloot) Google and Personal Data Protection, Working Paper, 2012.

This chapter discusses the interplay between the European personal data protection regime and two specific Google services, Interest Based Advertising and Google Street View. The chapter assesses first the applicability of the Data Protection Directive, then jurisdictional issues, the principles relating to data quality, whether there is a legitimate purpose for data processing, and lastly the transparency principle in connection with the rights of the data subject. The conclusion is that not all aspects of the services are easy to reconcile with the Directive's requirements.

21.03.2012

Updated 17.01.2013