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Josefina Román Vergara

Commissioner
Former INAI
Participates in 2 items

Ms. Román Vergara has served as a Commissioner of INAI for the 2019 – 2026 period.

In 2013, she was appointed Commissioner of the Institute of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data of the State of Mexico and its Municipalities, where a year later, she was elected as the President Commissioner, a position she held until 2017. From November 2015 to November 2016, she was the first Coordinator of the System of Supervisory Bodies of the Federative Entities of the National System of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Protection of Personal Data. In 2018, she was the Technical Secretary of the Executive Secretariat of the Anticorruption System of the State of Mexico and its Municipalities

She holds a Law Degree from the Universidad del Estado de México’s Law School, an LLM in Corporate Law from Universidad Anahuac Law School and a Ph. D in Law from the Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Law.

Sessions in which Josefina Román Vergara participates

Tuesday 13 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
11:50 AM
11:50 AM - 12:40 PM | 50 minutes
International Cooperation
Data regulation in practiceCross-border data transfersEnforcementInterpretation available

Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) have long been a go-to mechanism for ensuring compliance, but as different jurisdictions update their frameworks, the landscape is shifting fast. SCCs are defined as standardized clauses that allow data transfers outside of the European Economic Area. This insightful session explores the latest developments in SCCs across EU and beyond, with a special focus on the path towards in...

Wednesday 14 May, 2025

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Rome
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour
International Cooperation
Regulatory evolutionCross-border data transfersEnforcementInterpretation available

This unique session moves past the policy wish lists and into the real-world solutions that could bridge the global data divide. Experts and officials from the Italian Data Protection Authority, Federal Trade Commission, EDPB, and Mexico’s INAI will explore what’s working, what’s failing, and what steps are necessary to move towards meaningful international cooperation in data protection.