Jurre Reus
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Jurre acts for a diverse clientele, including consumer product manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, platforms, digital service providers and financial service providers. He has extensive experience in court proceedings and before various alternative dispute resolution bodies, such as the Advertising Code Committee (Reclame Code Commissie). He also assists clients in investigations and enforcement actions by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA).
Jurre is a member of various Dutch lawyers' associations, including the Association for Advertising Law (VvRr), and the Association for Privacy Law (VPR) and its specialisation association VPR-A.
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Rising starLegal 500, Data Privacy and Data Protection (2024 Edition)
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"A client mentioned that: ‘Jurre Reus is highly valued senior associate who makes the perfect match between European and local privacy law. He always reacts promptly to our requests and he is always willing to go for the extra mile. He thinks further than only answering the questions and challenges us with his in depth questions’."Legal 500, Data Privacy and Data Protection (2024 Edition)
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Rising starLegal 500, Information technology (2023 Edition)
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"One client said: ‘Jurre Reus gives concise and practical advice.’"
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Rising starLegal 500, Information technology (2022 Edition)
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“A client describes Jurre Reus as a ‘sharp litigator’, and an ‘experienced lawyer on both TMT, but certainly also on data privacy matters’.”Legal 500, Information technology (2022 Edition)
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“Due to a combination of in-house experience and deep knowledge of laws and regulations Jurre de Reus is able to not only outline the relevant legal playing field, but also able to navigate the in-house legal counsel or board in complex matters”Legal 500, Information technology (2022 Edition)
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“Jurre Reus is a very practical and smart lawyer, with good knowledge of the industry and the legal aspects.”Legal 500, Data privacy and data protection (2022 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Information technology (2021 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, Data privacy and data protection (2021 Edition)
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RecommendedLegal 500, IT (2020 Edition)
In 2012, Jurre won the Academy of Law's Thesis Award for his master's thesis. He also won the AIPPI's VIE prize in 2013 and received an honourable mention for the 2012 Molengraaff Thesis Prize.
Recent work highlights include:
- Advising a cookware company on sustainability advertising complaints lodged with the Advertising Code Committee.
- Providing ongoing strategic advice to various vehicle manufacturers regarding data and digital consumer laws.
- Advising a Dutch leading platform on the implementation of the Digital Services Act and DAC7.
- Representing a ride-hailing company before the Court of Appeal in GDPR transparency and automated-decision making proceedings.
- Advising consumer service provider on ACM enforcement.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- LL.M. Private Law (Utrecht University)
- WIPO Intellectual Property Summer School in Geneva (WIPO / University of Geneva)
- Specialisation course Privacy and data protection law (Leiden University PAO)
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Advised Kia Nederland on its cooperation with Road in order to establish a new consumer-facing chargepoint management service for owners of its electric vehicles
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Advised Marktplaats and 2dehands.be (part of Adevinta) about the specific requirements for online platforms under the Digital Services Act (EU Regulation 2022/2065) and DAC7 (EU Directive 514/2021)
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Advised DAF Trucks on setting up an online sales platform for used trucks
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Represented Ola Cabs before the Amsterdam Court of Appeal in the case of three London app drivers invoking their data protection rights to get personal data and information from Ola Cabs regarding automated decision-making.
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Represented RDW (Vehicle Licensing Authority) before the Council of State (highest administrative court) in proceedings brought by a group of data subjects alleging violations of the GDPR by RDW pertaining to automated decision-making.
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Advised SPS Commerce, Inc. on the acquisition of all business and operations of TIE Kinetix, listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
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Lodged a B2B complaint with the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (RCC) on behalf of Marktplaats (a classified advertising site based in the Netherlands) against Pakkie (a payment and delivery service company)
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Represented classified advertisement platform Marktplaats, seeking the transfer of the domain names <marktplaatsnederland.nl> and <marktplaatsbelgie.be>. The disputed domain names were used to operate a scam by redirecting Internet users to third-party websites and fake advertisements.
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Represented Ola Cabs in data access request proceedings before the Amsterdam District Court. This was the first judgment by an EU court on data portability.
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Represented RDW (Dutch Vehicle Licence Authority) before the Dutch DPA and administrative courts in defence of complaints raised by a group of data subjects.
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Advised Marktplaats, a classified advertising site based in the Netherlands, on preliminary relief proceedings brought by a professional advertiser who was blocked from the platform.
