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Ana-Maria Hriscu is a PhD researcher at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University. She serves as a Lecturer for the Joint BSc Data Science program and supervises Master's theses in Law and Technology, focusing on privacy and data protection law within digital platform ecosystems.
Her academic background includes a Master's Degree in Law from TILT (2021), a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Tilburg University (2019), and a Bachelor's Degree in Languages and Literature from the University of Kent (2014).
Her research centers on the legal frameworks governing personal data processing by large online platforms, with emphasis on consent mechanisms, data subject rights enforcement, and the intersection of data protection law with competition and consumer law. She investigates regulatory gaps in digital markets and practical challenges in cross-border data governance.
Her publications analyze evolving trends in EU data protection jurisprudence, particularly regarding Big Tech accountability, transparency in algorithmic processing, and the harmonization of data protection with competition enforcement. Key themes include the limitations of consent-based processing models and the operationalization of data subject rights in complex digital ecosystems.
Scientific awards:
- IAPP Westin Scholar Award (2021)
- JC Baak Prize (2022)
- Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award Nominee (2021)
As an active academic contributor, she supervises Master's theses, serves on the Management Committee of the Data Protection Scholars' Network, and participates in the Dutch Law Sector Plan-funded Digital Legal Lab. Her grant-related work includes organizing international seminars on data protection impact assessment and legal research methodologies.
She maintains strong affiliations with the Data Protection Scholars' Network and Digital Legal Lab, driving collaborative research on digital regulation through conference organization, peer review activities, and cross-institutional knowledge exchange initiatives.
