Marc van der Ham (1984) has been an external PhD candidate at eLaw - Centre for Law and Digital Technologies since August 2020. In addition, he is the acting Head of the Policy & Strategy Team and Strategic Advisor at the National Office of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service.

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Marc van der Ham (1984) has been an external PhD candidate at eLaw - Centre for Law and Digital Technologies since August 2020. In addition, he is the acting Head of the Policy & Strategy Team and Strategic Advisor at the National Office of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service. 

He joined the National Office of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service in September 2017. He is the acting Head of the Policy & Strategy Team. In his previous role as senior legal advisor, Marc worked closely with the dedicated national prosecutors for hightech cybercrime, lawful intercept, digital investigations, and legal hacking. His primary focus was on modernising the legal toolbox for investigating and prosecuting cybercrime and digitised crime. This portfolio includes public-private partnerships and cooperation with the intelligence services and national CERT. Marc also regularly gives courses and lectures at educational institutions.

Research

Marc’s research focuses on the question of to what extent cybercrime can still be successfully investigated and prosecuted. The borderless nature of the Internet’s architecture and society’s growing dependence on private companies and technologies also raises complex challenges for law enforcement authorities. While incidents of disruptive cybercrime increase, the investigation and prosecution of suspects remain limited. The title of Marc’s research is: “Impunity and disruptive cybercrime” and discusses the pros and cons of legal assistance obligations for ‘IT infrastructure companies’ in criminal investigations of ‘disruptive cybercrime’. Rule of law principles, legal standards for criminal investigations and the rules of the EU’s single (digital) market are the normative framework that Marc will use to answer his research questions.