Olivier Proust, CIPP/E

Fieldfisher

Partner, Technology & Data

I am a partner in the Technology & Data department in Fieldfisher's Brussels office.

I specialise in the field of data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and technology law. I am ideally located at the heart of Europe to monitor the legal developments in this fast-growing area of the law and to interact with representatives of the EU institutions and bodies. I advise organisations of all sizes and across business sectors on all aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such as privacy policies, DPIAs, transfer impact assessments, and contracts. An important area of my work consists in advising multinational organisations on what data transfer mechanisms to put in place when transferring personal data outside the EU (such as binding corporate rules, EU standard contractual clauses and EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Framework).



I also advise organisations on how to handle crisis situations, such as data security breaches, data subject requests and DPA inspections. I act as an external Data Protection Officer for many organisations who choose to outsource their DPO function, and otherwise, I advise DPOs directly on their privacy compliance strategies



My scope of expertise also covers broader data and technology law, such as the legislation on online platforms (Digital Services Act), artificial intelligence (AI Act) and data sharing (Data Act, Data Governance Act).



I am a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) and I also sit on MedTech Europe's Data Protection Committee as a privacy expert.

 

Contributions by Olivier Proust

  • Navigating Through the Legislative Labyrinth of AI-driven AdTech
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
  • Provider and Deployer Obligations for High-risk AI Systems Under the EU AI Act
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2024
  • Top 10 operational impacts of the EU AI Act – Obligations on nonproviders of high-risk AI systems
    Westin Research Center
  • Top 10 operational impacts of the EU AI Act – Obligations on providers of high-risk AI systems
    Westin Research Center
  • The EU AI Act and Beyond
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • Comparing AI Governance, Risk and Assurance in the UK & EU
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024
  • Let’s Do It Live: Role-Playing a Genai Project Risk Assessment
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Data Transfers: From Policy to Practice
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Data Transfers Master Class
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2023
  • Data Transfers Master Class
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022
  • Cross Border Transfers for the Caribbean: Does Schrems have any lessons?
    Speaker at Virtual Caribbean KnowledgeNet: July 19, 2022
  • Data Transfers Master Class
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • Enforcement Lessons Learned
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: France 2022
  • Data Marketing and Data Protection: What Happens Next?
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021
  • Data Transfers Masterclass
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021