Edine Apeldoorn is a litigation lawyer at Bureau Brandeis, specialising in platform regulation, fundamental rights, privacy, IP and collective actions.

She studied Business Administration and Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and in 2024 completed a cum laude Master’s in Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. Her thesis on AI surveillance in supermarkets was awarded a thesis prize.

Edine is known for her precise, strategic drafting in both Dutch and English, and her ability to translate complex, fast-moving regulatory and technological developments into clear and persuasive legal arguments.

She has been involved in proceedings brought by digital rights organisation Bits of Freedom against Meta, which resulted in Instagram users in the Netherlands being able to access a timeline based on the accounts they follow themselves, rather than one based on profiling algorithms.

In summary proceedings concerning the book “Het waren toch mijn ouders”, she acted for the authors and publisher and successfully resisted a prior publication ban sought by the claimants. The case was supported by the Netherlands Association of Journalists (NVJ).

In 2025, she co-authored an article with Nienke de Bruijn in Tijdschrift voor Internetrecht, titled ‘Opkomen tegen een ‘shadowban’ via invulling van de maatschappelijke zorgvuldigheidsnorm’.