Prof. Dr Max von Grafenstein, LL.M. heads the Governance of Data-Driven Innovation research programme at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) together with computer scientist Dr Jörg Pohle. In 2018, he was appointed Professor of Digital Self-Determination at the Einstein Centre Digital Future, based at Berlin University of the Arts. Max has been advising clients as a lawyer in the areas of data protection and internet technology law since 2010. He has been a member of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 5 (Identity management and privacy technologies) since 2020.