Bénédicte Van Ormelingen

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Team Leader
European Commission - DG Justice and Consumers
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European Commission

Bénédicte Van Ormelingen is working as team leader at the European Commission, in the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. She is currently in charge of the work on Digital Fairness in the Consumer Directorate. Prior to her current position, she worked on other consumer-related files in the Consumer Directorate and in the Commissioner’s cabinet. She also served as member in cabinet offices at Belgian federal level, as compliance officer with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) and as a lawyer at the US law firm Cleary Gottlieb. She has degrees in Laws from the Universities of UC Berkeley in the United States (LL.M degree) and of UCLouvain in Belgium (Bachelor and Master degrees).

 

Sessions

Fair For All – How can the EU protect consumer rights in the digital world?

Hannah Ruschemeier, Daphne van Doorn, Felix Methmann, Bénédicte Van Ormelingen, Max Büge

Dark patterns, addictive design, micro-targeting and influencer marketing – we discuss what a fair internet of the future should look like, what measures are needed to strengthen consumer protection, what a Digital Fairness Act should look like and all consumers are vulnerable on the internet!
Data
Digital rights
Platforms
Law
Politics & Society
Atrium 1
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Panel
English
Bundesumwelt- und Klimaministerium
Conference