Nils Broeckx is a legal consultant specialized in data protection and visiting lecturer at the University of Antwerp. His doctoral dissertation on the legal aspects of organ transplantation was awarded the biennial André Prims prize (2016) and as a lawyer he focused on health law in general (2016-2021). He is coordinator of the module 'Information technology and data protection in healthcare' within the Antwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair (AHLEC).