About the IAPP

Lydia de la Torre

Golden Data Law

Partner; Santa Clara Law, Adjunct

Lydia de la Torre is Of Counsel at Squire Patton Boggs, the editor of Golden Data, and an adjunct professor of privacy law at Santa Clara University Law School. 

Lydia de la Torre provides strategic privacy compliance advice related to U.S. and EU privacy, including data protection and cybersecurity law, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), other state’s privacy and cyber laws, U.S. financial privacy laws, and marketing and advertising compliance, as well as information security. She also represents clients in investigations with an eye toward helping them avoid litigation. 

Lydia is licensed to practice law in Europe (Spain) and the U.S. (California).

Contributions by Lydia de la Torre

• Data For Good: Empowering Innovation Through Ethical Uses of Data
  Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2021
• What is the California Privacy Protection Agency?
  The Privacy Advisor
• Will CPRA prevail Nov. 3?
  The Privacy Advisor
• Future-Proofing Privacy Programs and CCPA Update
  Speaker at Silicon Valley KnowledgeNet: March 4, 2020
• CCPA myth buster: Not all records count
  The Privacy Advisor
• Does the CCPA regulate internal transfers?
  The Privacy Advisor
• What does 'valuable consideration' mean under the CCPA?
  The Privacy Advisor
• California Consumer Privacy Act
  Speaker at San Francisco Bay Area KnowledgeNet: November 1, 2018
• A starting point for CCPA compliance, despite the unknowns
  The Privacy Advisor
• Do we need the CCPA whistleblower provision back?
  Privacy Perspectives
• GDPR matchup: The California Consumer Privacy Act 2018
  Privacy Tracker
• Is California on its way to going for 'adequacy'?
  The Privacy Advisor