Koen Hostyn

Professional experience for Koen Hostyn

• Current 2 years and 1 month, since Aug 2020

  

  Data Protection Officer

  vlaamse overheid

  

  Act as the Data Protection Officer for the Flemish Agency on Climate and Energy (VEKA), as well as the Agency for higher education, adult education, qualifications and study grants (AHOVOKS) Inform and advise the controller on planned processing activities, including the use of public cloud services for large-scale data platform projects Monitor compliance with the Regulation, including the assignment of responsibilities, awareness-raising, and training of staff, and related audits.

• Current 3 years, since Sep 2019

  Privacy Consultant

  Privacy for All

  Privacy consultant and Data Protection Officer for multiple organizations in the government, health, tech, political, legal, and non-profit sectors. Focus on GDPR-audits, as well as Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIAs), Data Transfer Impact Assessments (DTIA), Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR), handling personal data breaches, and working with Data Protection Authorities (DPA). Multiple clients in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and the United States.

• 6 years, Aug 2014 - Jul 2020

  Advisor to the president

  Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA/PTB)

  Providing advice to the party president, including on matters in relation to the protection of personal data (eg. processing personal data during electoral campaigns).

• 3 years and 3 months, Jun 2014 - Aug 2017

  Parlaimentary assistant

  The Belgian Cambers of Representatives

  Providing advice to elected members of parliament on social and economic affairs, including the protection of personal data.

• 3 years and 6 months, Jan 2011 - Jun 2014

  Staff member University Management

  Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR)

  A staff member for University Management at the Rector's conference of the University of the Flemish Community.

• 3 years and 2 months, Sep 2007 - Oct 2010

  

  Meber of the Board of Governors

  Ghent University

  

  Student representative in the University Board, as well as the university-wide budgeting and ICT committees.