Joerg Heidrich is a legal adviser and data protection officer of the German publishing house Heise; on top of that, he works as 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 law and data protection law. He is a specialist lawyer for IT law and certified data protection auditor (TÜV). Heidrich is the author of numerous specialist articles and a speaker on the aspects of IT security and AI law; moreover, he is a lecturer for data protection management at Hannover University.