Navigating Compliance Regulations in Europe - June 2024

An expert in organisational whistleblowing management, Jan is engaged in the development of the new ISO 37002 Standard, is a frequent speaker on subjects related to whistleblowing, and has authored various articles on new legislation concerning whistleblower protection, anti-corruption, and organisational whistleblowing best practices. Jan is CIPP/E is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E). He holds a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) from King’s College London in the United Kingdom (EU Competition Law) and a master’s degree (LL.M) from Leiden University in the Netherlands (European Law).

Jan was recently accepted as a member into The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) “Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies.” This working party is broken into six parts and Jan is a member of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems.

Alja is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Privacy & Data Security practice in Brussels, and has recently been selected to the 2024 Lawdragon’s inaugural 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers.

Alja is the go-to counsel for EU privacy and whistleblowing laws and leads strategy for the firms’ advisory efforts for compliance with whistleblowing rules and procedures globally. She founded and is one of the main contributors to the firm’s Whistleblowing Resource Center, which is relied upon by many organizations to support their compliance efforts, and is also leveraged by Thomson Reuters Practical Law to provide updates to its subscribers. She regularly assists clients with internal investigations and their dealings with regulators and provides practical solutions that enable organizations’ overall compliance while achieving cost-efficient and business-friendly results.

Alja advises European-, Asian-, Latin American-, U.S.- and Canadian-based B2B and B2C organizations from a broad range of industry sectors including technology, telecommunications, insurance, advertising, retail, consumer products, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. She works regularly with the firm’s trusted local counsel worldwide, enabling her clients to receive high-quality advice in any jurisdiction.

Alja also advises clients on a broad range of privacy matters related to employee monitoring, e-discovery, international data transfers and data sharing, M&A projects, vendor due diligence and contracting, profiling, BYOD/BYOC, AI, social media use, marketing and advertising, use of cookies and similar technologies, use of workplace surveillance tools (e.g., CCTV, dashcams), use of medical data of employees, job applicant background check processes, and other workplace and consumer related privacy and data protection matters.