Dr. Rob van Eijk is the Founder and Principal of Team Blaeu and a Senior Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF). He provides strategic privacy counsel and translates complex technology for courts and lawyers, helping organizations build secure, privacy-preserving AI systems. A technologist by training, he holds an M.Sc. from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and a Ph.D. from Leiden Law School. He previously spent nine years at the Dutch Data Protection Authority and maintains an independent, self-funded practice. He recently served as a guest professor at Leiden University, teaching Explainable AI.