Alja Poler De Zwart is an associate in the Privacy and Data Security Group in Morrison & Foerster's Brussels office.
Ms. Poler De Zwart's practice focuses on information technology law, with an emphasis on privacy and data security. She has advised on international data transfers, cloud computing, direct marketing, innovative data use (e.g. customer profiling), blacklisting, e-discovery, the use of email and the Internet in the workplace, employee monitoring and whistle blowing procedures, as well as assisting clients with their dealings with the regulators. She has drafted privacy policies, terms and conditions for online services, guidelines and notices, and data transfer and processing agreements. Her clients include Dutch, European and U.S. based corporations and organizations from a broad range of industry sectors, including technology, telecommunications, advertising, retail, consumer products, entertainment, pharmaceutical and financial industries.
Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Poler De Zwart was an associate in the Information, Communication & Technology team at a law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. She also worked as a legal associate at the SOLVIT centre in The Hague, advising businesses on difficulties caused by failure to implement or correctly interpret EU law by public authorities. She is a member of the editorial board of the Dutch journal Privacy & Compliance, which provides a practical overview of the developments in the world of privacy compliance, affecting public and private organizations on a daily basis.
Ms. Poler De Zwart is a native speaker of Slovenian, speaks fluent English and Dutch and has a working knowledge of Croatian, Serbian and German languages. She is a member of the Amsterdam and Brussels Bar