Leandro Angelo Y. Aguirre

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National Privacy Commission, Philippines

Deputy Commissioner

Leandro Angelo Y. Aguirre is the Deputy Commissioner of the Philippine National Privacy Commission and has served in that role since February 2018. 

He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law and his Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. He is a member of both the Philippine Bar and the New York State Bar.

He is also member of the academe having taught various subjects in the University of the Philippines College of Law since 2013. He served as an advisor on the bill that eventually became the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

 

Contributions by Leandro Angelo Y. Aguirre

  • Sugar and Spice but Not Everything Nice: Overcoming Privacy Challenges in Asia
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • Insights into the Future: Fireside conversations on data privacy for 2024
    Speaker at Virtual Philippines KnowledgeNet: 30 Jan. 2024
  • Unlocking Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data in APAC: A Practical Guide
    Speaker at IAPP Asia Privacy Forum 2023
  • The Status of AI Privacy Ethics in the Philippine Banking Industry
    Speaker at IAPP Asia Privacy Forum 2022
  • A Fireside Chat with Deputy Privacy Commissioner Leandro Angelo Y. Aguirre on the Recent Court of Appeals Decision and Other Privacy Trends to Watch Out for in 2022
    Speaker at Virtual Philippines KnowledgeNet Happy Hour: 28 January 2022
  • Employee Surveillance and Contract Tracing
    Speaker at Virtual Philippines KnowledgeNet: 3 December 2020