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Yung Shin Van Der SypePh.D.

Counsel | Ph.D.
Counsel | Ph.D.
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Areas of Focus

Overview

Widely respected for her pragmatic and creative approach to solving business disputes, Yung Shin Van Der Sype focuses on IT law, including privacy and data protection and IT contracts and cybersecurity, particularly related to HR matters. Yung Shin advises national and international clients from different sectors, ranging from social media to esports. She has more than 10 years’ experience providing services across the spectrum of IT law and has built an impressive reputation in this area.

Yung Shin defended her doctoral thesis, “Towards an Integrated Privacy Protection in the Company,” at Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). She will partially continue her academic activities as a senior affiliate researcher at KU Leuven’s Centre for IT and IP Law. Yung Shin is a frequent public speaker and the author of several books and articles on privacy and data protection.

Yung Shin is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office and a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and IP groups. She is on the editorial board of the legal journal Privacy and Information and a board member of the Association for Social Law. Yung Shin is an editor of the Privacy and Technology Law Series of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws. She is the Belgian integrity commissioner for esports appointed by the Belgian Esports Federation and is an active member of various national and international associations.

Career & Education

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    • Catholic University of Leuven, J.D., cum laude, 2012
    • Catholic University of Leuven, Ph.D., 2017
    • Catholic University of Leuven, J.D., cum laude, 2012
    • Catholic University of Leuven, Ph.D., 2017

    • Belgium
    • Belgium

    • Dutch
    • English
    • French
    • Dutch
    • English
    • French

Yung Shin's Insights

Publication | 05.14.24

Artificial Intelligence in Europe: The Trailblazing EU AI Act

On Dec. 8, 2023, after lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The EU Parliament formally adopted its position during its plenary session of March 13, 2024, and after legal-linguistic finalization and formal adoption by the EU Council, the AI Act is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the EU before the end of Q2, 2024....

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Recognition

Admitted to practice: Belgium

Yung Shin's Insights

Publication | 05.14.24

Artificial Intelligence in Europe: The Trailblazing EU AI Act

On Dec. 8, 2023, after lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The EU Parliament formally adopted its position during its plenary session of March 13, 2024, and after legal-linguistic finalization and formal adoption by the EU Council, the AI Act is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the EU before the end of Q2, 2024....

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Insights

Publication | 05.14.24

Artificial Intelligence in Europe: The Trailblazing EU AI Act

Publication | 05.14.24

EU Cybersecurity: Legislative Developments for the Region

Publication | 05.14.24

EU Privacy Legislation: New Act to Ease Data Sharing Barriers

Publication | 05.14.24

International Data Transfers and Policies: EU Data Transfers to the U.S.
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Practices

Industries

Yung Shin's Insights

Publication | 05.14.24

Artificial Intelligence in Europe: The Trailblazing EU AI Act

On Dec. 8, 2023, after lengthy and intense negotiations, European legislators reached a political agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The EU Parliament formally adopted its position during its plenary session of March 13, 2024, and after legal-linguistic finalization and formal adoption by the EU Council, the AI Act is expected to be published in the Official Journal of the EU before the end of Q2, 2024....

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