Practice Expertise

  • Data Breach
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cybersecurity Incidents
  • Corporate

Areas of Practice

  • Cloud Computing
  • Corporate
  • Cybersecurity Incidents
  • Data Breach
  • European Data Protection and Privacy
  • FinTech
  • Global Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Life Sciences Industry
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Records Management
  • View More

Profile

Anna’s practice focuses on Global & European data protection matters, with emphasis on new technologies.

Anna is counsel in the firm’s Brussels office. Her practice is focused on all aspects of Global and European data protection law, including global compliance programs, data transfers, privacy integrations, data breaches, Privacy Impact Assessments and data processing agreements. She has extensive experience advising clients across a range of sectors on cutting-edge privacy issues such as online and mobile privacy, cloud computing, consumer programs, advertising and life sciences. Anna also has experience advising on the EU General Data Protection Regulation and German-related data protection issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Anna was a senior associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She has worked for the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the IT law departments of leading law firms in Germany.

Anna is a certified privacy professional (CIPP/E) and has completed secondments in two of the world’s largest technology companies.

Relevant Experience

  • Advised several multinational companies on Binding Corporate Rules, EU Model Contracts and other data transfer strategies.
  • Advised a leading technology company on privacy issues under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
  • Advised a leading payment processing company on consumer programs, data analytics, mobile apps, direct marketing, cookies, device fingerprinting, and location-based services.
  • Advised a leading payment processing company on the acquisition of analytics services, including privacy integration of the acquired services.
  • Advised a major cloud provider on the acquisition of other cloud services.
  • Advised a major software company on setting up a global privacy compliance program for customer and employee data.
  • Advised a biotechnology company on privacy issues, including informed consent practices, for performing medical research and clinical trial studies.
  • Advised multinational companies on employee monitoring, whistleblowing hotlines, and CCTV.
  • Advised a major pharmaceutical company on the design and implementation of a global data breach response plan.
  • Drafted global privacy notices, consent forms, data processing agreements and Privacy Impact Assessments for various technology companies.
  • Negotiated data processing agreements with customers and vendors on behalf of clients.

Bar Admissions

  • Brussels, E-List
  • Thessaloniki

Education
Diploma in Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Faculty of Law, magna cum laude, 2008

Areas of Practice

  • Cloud Computing
  • Corporate
  • Cybersecurity Incidents
  • Data Breach
  • European Data Protection and Privacy
  • FinTech
  • Global Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Life Sciences Industry
  • Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Records Management

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Member, German Association for Law and Informatics (DGRI)


Articles

  • COVID-19 and GDPR, HRO Today
  • Use of artificial intelligence in e-commerce fraud detection and prevention: GDPR risks, Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence
  • A Guide for Binding Corporate Rules, Bloomberg Law
  • COVID-19 and GDPR: Organizational Considerations for Business Continuity of Privacy Compliance Programs, CPO Magazine
  • Schrems II Update and Data Transfer Assessment, Bloomberg Law
  • The Privacy Shield Gets the Green Light from the European Union, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report
  • Key GDPR Compliance Issues to Watch in the Artificial Intelligence Space, Infosecurity Magazine
  • Why Do We Need Binding Corporate Rules? A Look to the Future, Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report
  • Germany, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2016, 3rd Edition
  • COVID-19 and Business Continuity in the EU, National Law Review
  • The Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation One Year Later: The Albrecht Report, Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report
  • EU Regulation Binding Corporate Rules Under the GDPR – What Will Change?, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report
  • Data Protection & Privacy 2017, EU Overview, Getting the Deal Through
  • The Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation Two Years Later, Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report
  • Chapter 11: Germany, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Data Protection 2017, 4th Edition
  • The Final European Union General Data Protection Regulation, Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report
  • Lessons Learned from Key GDPR Enforcement Cases, Bloomberg Law
  • The Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation Three Years Later: The Council Position, Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report
  • Data Protection & Privacy 2023, EU Overview, Getting the Deal Through
  • Data Protection & Privacy 2022, EU Overview, Getting the Deal Through
  • Training a Machine Learning Model Using Customer Proprietary Data: Navigating Key IP and Data Protection Considerations, Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report
  • Data Protection & Privacy 2023, Belgium, Getting the Deal Through

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