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Laura Natrop

Laura Natrop

Partner at Highberg

About Laura

Laura is a Partner at Highberg and holds a double Master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences Po in Paris and Fudan University in Shanghai.

Laura helps organizations accelerate digitalization in a controlled and responsible way. Together with her team of risk, resilience & compliance specialists, she supports executives and management in making well-informed decisions on how risks, regulations, and public values can be structurally embedded in strategy, governance, and execution.

She combines expertise in privacy and AI compliance with a pragmatic approach focused on achieving real progress. By not treating compliance as a goal in itself, but as a means to drive improvement, she helps organizations gain control over digital risks while maintaining room for innovation.

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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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2 min read
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.