Joerg Heidrich works as a lawyer for AI law, data protection and IT security law at the law firm Heidrich Rechtsanwälte (recht-im-internet.de) in Hannover. On top of that, he is a legal adviser and data protection officer of the German publishing house Heise. Heidrich studied law in Cologne, Germany and Concord, NH, US. He is a specialist lawyer for IT law, certified AI manager (IHK), certified data protection auditor (TÜV) and certified compliance officer (Steinbeis Hochschule). Heidrich is the author of numerous specialist articles and a speaker on the aspects of AI law; moreover, he is a lecturer for data protection management at Hannover University.