Expert advice and litigation on privacy, cybersecurity and AI


Root Legal is founded by me, Ot van Daalen. I have decades of experience handling complex legal and technological challenges around privacy, cybersecurity and AI law.

I represented clients in the high-tech- and telecommunications sectors at top-tier law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, developed policies for our digital future as the director of digital rights movement Bits of Freedom, and investigated internet-related cases at the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the Dutch DPA).

Next to my work as an attorney, I’m an assistant professor at the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam, a substitute judge at the District Court of The Hague and a member of the supervisory council of the Stichting Democratie en Media. I wrote a PhD on quantum computing, encryption and human rights.

See my personal website for more information on my publications and media appearances.

Root Legal supports open source grant making foundation NLNet pro bono, and is a financial supporter of Bits of Freedom.