Paolo Balboni (Ph.D.) is a top tier European lawyer specialized in Privacy, ESG, Data Sharing, AI, ICT and Cybersecurity law. He serves as Data Protection Officer (DPO) for multinational companies.
He is a qualified lawyer admitted to the Milan Bar and the Amsterdam Bar and is a Founding Partner of ICT Legal Consulting (ICTLC), an international law firm with offices in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Amsterdam, Athens, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Madrid, Paris, Lagos, Melbourne, Nairobi and Riyadh, and partner law firms in more than 50 countries around the world. He is a Founder of ICT Cyber Consulting, a company specialized in information/data security.
Paolo is also Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) within the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. Chairman of the European Patent Office (EPO) Data Protection Board, Member of the EUMETSAT Data Protection Supervisory Authority, Member of the Europrivacy Board of Experts, Member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on B2B data sharing and cloud computing contracts, Member of the Cloud Security Alliance’s AI Safety Expert Group, and Member of the General-purpose AI Code of Practice Plenary.
Paolo is Co-Chair of the Cloud Security Alliance Privacy Level Agreement (PLA). Recommended Lawyer ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 in the areas of Data Privacy and Data Protection and Industry Focus: TMT.
Sessions in which Paolo Balboni participates
Tuesday 5 April, 2022
Wednesday 6 April, 2022
Thursday 7 April, 2022
The panel will present to the audience the marketing and advertising EU legal framework and recent decisions of EU Supervisory Authorities. The main issues related to privacy compliance for digital marketing and behavioural/ programmatic advertising will be discussed. Moreover, the speakers will share their reflections on how to convert the security &privacy "vicious cycle” into a “virtuous cycle” by providing...
The rise of private authorities, albeit in the a-territoriality space such as the Web, is representative of an economic and social phenomenon that cannot disregard the respect of legal rules, especially for the protection of the right to privacy, the right to data protection, and other fundamental rights. On the one hand, the GDPR has provided a new approach for the autonomy of individuals, especially for companies which perform data processing...
Thursday 20 April, 2023
Tuesday 11 June, 2024
Introduction Data protection is essential. This session will explore inspiring use cases of data processing for good. The transformative power of data could drive positive social impact and advance humanitarian causes. From using data analytics for disaster response to studying insights for sustainable development goals, the speakers on this panel will explore inspiring and innovative...