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Laura Natrop

Laura Natrop

Partner at Highberg

About Laura
Laura is a Managing Consultant at Highberg. She helps organizations recognize and address the risks of digitalization. Laura believes that a good conversation about privacy and other public values can foster innovation by improving the quality of services and products through appropriate measures. She is enthusiastic and positive, with a strong focus on understanding each client's needs. Laura weighs the risks and opportunities of digitalization and supports organizations in making comprehensive decisions. She leads a team of consultants aiming to promote responsible innovation, balancing the opportunities of data usage with public values, legal compliance, and operational efficiency. Her team consists of privacy and AI experts with diverse areas of expertise, such as law, technology, business administration, or ethics, working together to achieve these goals. Want to know more? Connect with Laura on LinkedIn.
Department & Services:
Digital, Data and AI

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January 25, 2024
Privacy by Design: a solution for all your privacy issues!

By consistently applying privacy by design, organizations enhance the quality of their data protection and reduce its associated costs. Additionally, employees will become more conscious in handling personal data, and as an organization, you can better justify your choices regarding personal data. In mid-April 2020, the CoronaMelder app was launched. The app, in short, informed people when they had been near someone who tested positive for COVID-19, aiming to address the at that point growing number of infections in the Netherlands. Half of the Netherlands was concerned that the government might get access to information about citizens' whereabouts. Fortunately, the app's creators had thought this through: when designing the CoronaMelder app, it was essential that the app be privacy-friendly. With input from numerous privacy specialists, the CoronaMelder app was developed from the outset to offer the most privacy-friendly notification app. An excellent example of effectively applying the privacy by design principle.
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3 min read
January 25, 2024
Your DPIA isn’t a tick box exercise: 3 ways to get more out of your DPIA

The DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment) is unfortunately often regarded as a tick box exercise: something you simply have to do. But once the DPIA is completed, it's done: there's a good chance the outcome will disappear into the proverbial (and sometimes even literal) dusty cabinet. The DPIA is, in fact, a wonderful instrument for managing privacy risks and making targeted improvements to your processes. How can this be achieved? There are various ways. Here are three examples of how a DPIA can be used as an improvement instrument rather than being a mere paper tiger.

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February 5, 2024
Erasmus University is GDPR ready with architecture

Erasmus University Rotterdam (hereinafter EUR) ranks among the top universities in Europe thanks to high-quality academic education and the impact of its scientific research. EUR is one of the largest universities in the Netherlands with more than 30,000 students and over 3,000 employees. Teaching and research take place at seven faculties, two special institutes and one university college, and these are supported by more than 150 departments.
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