Rob van Eijk founded Team Blaeu in 2019. He brings fifteen years of direct engagement with European regulatory institutions, including nine years as Lead Technologist and Senior Supervision Officer at the Dutch Data Protection Authority. Formerly Managing Director for Europe at the Future of Privacy Forum (Washington D.C. / Brussels / Singapore), he remains affiliated as Senior Fellow. Through Team Blaeu, he engages with technology companies, law firms, think tanks, civil society organizations, and data protection authorities on EU privacy and AI regulation.
Team Blaeu helps in two key ways: explaining complex technology to courts and lawyers, and working with organizations to build AI systems that protect security and privacy as they become more autonomous.
We help courts and lawyers understand complex technology systems by explaining how they work in clear, understandable terms for legal proceedings and regulatory decisions.
We stress-test AI systems against EU AI Act requirements before regulators do — identifying gaps in privacy protections, bias risks, and transparency obligations so organisations can demonstrate compliance with confidence.
We help organisations navigate EU privacy and AI regulation — from GDPR and the AI Act to emerging frameworks — building governance structures and compliance strategies that hold up under regulatory scrutiny.
"As head of Private Sector Oversight at the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens), I enjoyed working with Rob for many years. He is analytically strong, thoughtful and very diplomatic. He has great knowledge at the intersection of privacy and technology and knows how to connect and relate these worlds like no other. His dissertation on Real Time Bidding is the exemplary example of this. Finally, but also very important, Rob is just an incredibly nice and pleasant colleague that I wish everyone on his team."
Udo Oelen
Former Head of Private Sector Oversight, Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens); Secretary of the Board, TNO
"I had the chance to work with Rob while I was at CNIL and we collaborated on several projects related to online tracking. Rob has a comprehensive view of the complex ecosystem that is the online advertising industry and also manages to know all the technical and legal details. Rob identifies the key challenges and successfully explains this highly complex topic to non-experts by providing useful examples. He can also design tools and write concise code to implement them."
Vincent Toubiana
Head of LINC (Digital Innovation Lab), CNIL — Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Shaping the conversation in AI, privacy, and security.
Panel moderation examining whether regulatory frameworks can effectively address the evolving online tracking landscape. Discussion covered the Digital Omnibus proposal, ePrivacy Directive consent principles, and the emerging challenge of AI agents consenting on behalf of users.
Expert commentary on Facebook and Instagram tracking practices featured in major Dutch public broadcaster NOS. Analysis covers smartphone tracking techniques and privacy implications of social media data collection practices on Android devices.
Keynote moderation of OECD roundtable on emerging consent practices in the digital ecosystem, Paris. Discussion focused on the evolution of consent technologies and their impact on digital privacy frameworks across OECD member countries.