Joerg Heidrich is a legal adviser and data protection officer of the German publishing house Heise; on top of that, he works a lawyer in Hannover (recht-im-internet.de). He studied law in Cologne, Germany and Concord, NH, US and has been focusing on the issues of the Internet and data protection law since 1997. As a lawyer, he specializes in IT law, and he is a TÜV-certified data protection officer. Heidrich is the author of numerous specialist articles and a speaker on legal IT-security aspects; moreover, he is a visiting lecturer at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.