Manon Oostveen

Manon Oostveen is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law. Her research is on the protection of individuals against the potential negative impact of big data on their private lives, focusing on fundamental rights and EU data protection regulation. Manon Oostveen graduated in 2013 with a Research Master in Information Law (University of Amsterdam) and an LL.M. in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law (Leibniz Universität Hannover, magna cum laude). During her Bachelor of Laws she studied at Utrecht University and at Uppsala University in Sweden. She was also president of a students' association, completed internships in both the commercial as well as the legal sectors and cofounded the Students' Association for Information Law. She is a member of the executive board of Dutch digital rights organization Bits of Freedom.