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title: Paul de Hert
type: entity
tags: [researcher, law, gdpr, ai-act, privacy, hub]
affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) — Faculty of Law & Criminology, LSTS; Tilburg University (TILT)
sources: ["[[sources/2023-lazcoz-dehert-humans-in-gdpr-and-aia-governance]]"]
created: 2026-04-27
updated: 2026-04-27
---

# Paul de Hert

Professor of Law at **Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)**, Faculty of Law & Criminology, **LSTS** (Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society), and **Tilburg University (TILT)**, Netherlands. Internationally recognised scholar in EU data-protection law, AI regulation, and human-rights aspects of algorithmic governance.

## Contributions in this wiki

- [[sources/2023-lazcoz-dehert-humans-in-gdpr-and-aia-governance]] — Doctrinal analysis of human intervention under GDPR Art. 22 and the AI Act (Computer Law & Security Review 50, 2023). Co-authored with [[entities/guillermo-lazcoz]].

## External work referenced (not in this wiki)

- *"When GDPR-principles blind each other. Accountability, not transparency, at the heart of algorithmic governance"* (with Lazcoz), 8 *European Data Protection Law Review* 31 (2022).
- *"Radical rewriting of Article 22 GDPR on machine decisions in the AI era"* (with Lazcoz), European Law Blog, 13 Oct 2021.
- *"Post GDPR EU laws and their GDPR mimesis. DGA, DSA, DMA and the EU regulation of AI"* (with Papakonstantinou), European Law Blog, 1 April 2021.

## Significance

Hub author for the legal-risk cluster on AI process automation. His work is the **bridge between GDPR doctrinal analysis and AI Act governance** — particularly the argument that human intervention in ADM should be reframed as a *procedural* right tied to GDPR's accountability principle, not as an individual right.

## Related

Co-author: [[entities/guillermo-lazcoz]]. Topical neighbours: [[concepts/gdpr-article-22]] · [[concepts/eu-ai-act]] · [[concepts/dpia]] · [[concepts/human-oversight]].