Paul Breitbarth is a privacy lawyer from the Netherlands. He currently works for Catawiki as Data Protection Lead. In addition, Paul is Senior Visiting Fellow at Maastricht University’s European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity, and serves as Member of the Data Protection Board of the European Patent Office. He is a regular speaker on webinars and at conferences, and co-hosts the Serious Privacy podcast.
Previously, Paul worked both in the public and private sector in multiple privacy roles, including at TrustArc, Nymity and the Dutch Data Protection Authority. He was an active member of various Article 29 Working Party subgroups, co-authoring opinions on the data protection reform, surveillance, the Privacy Shield and others. In 2015, he organized the International Privacy Conference in Amsterdam. Paul holds a Master of Laws from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Curriculum Vitae
| 2022 – … | Data Protection Lead Catawiki |
| 2022 – … | Member of the Data Protection Board European Patent Office |
| 2016 – … | Senior Visiting Fellow European Centre on Privacy & Cybersecurity |
| 2019 – 2021 | Director, Global Policy & EU Strategy TrustArc |
| 2016 – 2019 | Director, EU Operations & Strategy Nymity |
| 2010 – 2016 | Senior Officer International Affairs Dutch Data Protection Authority |
| 2009 – 2010 | Policy Officer (Law Enforcement) Dutch Data Protection Authority |
| 2005 – 2009 | Depute Committee Clerk Senate of the Netherlands |
Publications
- A Risk-Based Approach to International Data Transfers
European Data Protection Law Review – Volume 7, Issue 4 (2021)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2021/4/9 - Netherlands: The GDPR Implementation Act (GDPR Implementation Series)
European Data Protection Law Review – Volume 4, Issue 3 (2018)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2018/3/15 - Privacy versus Veiligheid: Een Valse Paradox (met Jacob Kohnstamm)
Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks – 2 december 2013 - Gevoelige Informatie Zit Overal en Bij Iedereen (met Jacob Kohnstamm)
De Volkskrant – 29 juli 2010