Van Seventer has extensive experience with technology privacy issues and joins SIIA from DLA Piper LLP where he was an Associate and Counsel to the State Privacy & Security Coalition. He has worked on privacy laws in many states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Utah, and Virginia. Prior to joining DLA Piper, he clerked for the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary where he specialized in tech policy, including Section 230, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and principles for AI regulation.

Van Seventer received a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Michigan and his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.