Sofia Riço Calado

Sofia Riço Calado

Portugal, Lisboa
Lead Privacy Counsel at Cloudflare
Profession: Lawyer, In-House Counsel
Industry: Digital

About:

Senior Lawyer (admitted to PT Bar) with 19y PE, both in Europe and Asia, working with Privacy/Cybersecurity/IT and Digital since 2018. CIPP-E, CIPP-US and CIPM completed - considered as FIP. Co-Chair IAPP Lisbon Chapter 2023-24. Ability to supervise compliance matters in a company - competition, trade secrets, export control, anti-bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, ePrivacy/DMA/DSA/AI and Data Act. Good awareness of Cloud, Data/AI-based, Telecommunications and Media business areas.

languages

Portuguese, English, French

Expertise:

Data regulations Electronic Communications RegulationE-CommerceLegal TechnologyIPConsumer LawCommercial agreementsCompliance Programmes

Experience:

Cloudflare

Lead Privacy Counsel at Cloudflare

May 2022 - Present • Lisboa, Portugal

In-house counsel responsible for data protection and cybersecurity legal topics, working with EMEA (GDPR/UK GDPR/Swiss Act) and APEC (Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea) jurisdictions. Experience in reviewing product features/privacy by design (e.g. CAPTCHA, Zero Trust, threat intelligence). Dealt with EU digital laws (DSA, Data Act, AI Act) and its connection with GDPR. Part of internal AI rule-making workgroup. Interaction with privacy/cybersecurity regulators in EMEA region.

Education:

PGDip in IP Law

Law School, University of Lisbon. Thesis on non-personal data transfers.

M.A. in Law

Nova School of Law, Portugal

J.D. in Law

Nova School of Law, Portugal

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