Alonso Hurtado
Alonso Hurtado
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT), Privacy, Regulatory compliance
Alonso Hurtado
Partner IT, Risk & Compliance
T. +34 917 816 160
alhurtado@ecija.com
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BIO
Alonso Hurtado
Alonso is an ECIJA partner at the areas of technologies, media and telecommunications and regulatory compliance. He has a professional career of more than 15 years in advising Spanish and leading international companies in technological law and information security, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance in these areas.
He has advised the Government of Spain on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the EU internal market and has extensive experience in advising public and private entities on data protection implementation, adaptation and audits.
Recognised by Chambers & Partners as one of the top Compliance lawyers in the Spanish market, Alonso was awarded the Iberian Lawyer Top 40 under Forty award in 2017/18.
He holds an LLB in Law (Licentiatura en Derecho), and an MA in Telecommunications Law and New Information Technologies from Carlos III University of Madrid. He has an MA in Biotechnology, Biomedicine and European Union Law from UNED. He also holds an MA in Occupational Risk Prevention from San Pablo CEU University. Alonso speaks English and Spanish.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of the Memento Derecho de las Nuevas Tecnologías (New Technologies Law Compilation), Editorial Lefebvre – El Derecho (2017)
“Guías legales sobre Internet: Derecho de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en entornos empresariales” (“Legal guides on the Internet: IT Law and communication in business environments”), Expansión, 2016.
“He is highly flexible and approachable, ready to provide his support and expertise.” Chambers Europe 2019
“He is a real expert and tries to understand the problems that we face, you feel like he is going through the process with you” Chambers Europe 2019
RELATED PRACTICES
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)
Privacy
Regulatory compliance
RELATED PRESS ARTICLES
ECIJA advises Veridas on voice biometrics Compliance
AEPD Report on the treatment of data in video identification in relation to Money Laundering Prevention.
Legal memo – Royal Decree – Law 12/2018: Security of networks and information systems.
Infography – Data Protection and Digital Rights in the labour context
Legal Memo – The European Commission validates the “Privacy Shield” Agreement between Europe and the US
ECIJA, Law Firm of the Year in Corporate Compliance
Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights.
Data Day 2019
Work and Digital Platforms
Expansión – New Data Protection Act in Spain … lights and shadows
International Congress of Cybercrime and Digital Evidence
La Nación – To combat crimes, more anti-corruption laws and compliance 3.0
III International Compliance Congress
Cinco Días – Are small companies obliged to hire a DPO?
La Información – What does Google hide when pixelating a building?
Expansión – ECIJA integrates Comter to reinforce the area of Risk and Compliance
Expansión – Can I use my data as currency?
II International Compliance Congress
Expansión – Social networks that become weapons for piracy
II National Congress of Compliance
Digital Law: From data protection to cybersecurity
Legal aspects of the use of Big Data in the company under the GDPR
Legal Memo – Approval of the new Privacy Shield
Seminar: European regulation of electronic certification and trust services
Infographic: Insurtech
Insurtech: the future for the insurance sector
ECIJA Report – Data Protection Regulation