Sebastião Barros Vale is the Head of Digital Regulation Sector at the Policy & Legislative Consultation Unit of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Previously he was Senior Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum think tank, privacy specialist at Johnson & Johnson and an ICT lawyer at the Communications & Digital practice area of Vieira de Almeida e Associados (VdA). At the EDPS he has been focusing on the interplay between data protection law and the new EU Digital Rulebook, such as the DSA, the DMA, and the AI Act. He has been advocating for fostering cross-regulatory cooperation to ensure that the growing EU digital framework is applied in a consistent manner, while keeping fundamental rights at the centre.
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