Miriam Wimmer
Director of the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados

Miriam Wimmer is a Director of the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, the Brazilian national data protection authority. She holds a PhD degree in Communications and Cultural Policy from the Faculty of Communication of the University of Brasilia, and a Master degree in Public Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. She is a professional civil servant since 2007 and a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E), with experience in senior positions in different public organizations. She is also a Professor at the Law School of Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público – IDP and guest lecturer on digital law and personal data protection at several other institutions.

Albert Gidari
Former Consulting Director of Privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Albert Gidari was the former Consulting Director of Privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. He was a partner for over 20 years at Perkins Coie LLP, achieving a top-ranking in privacy law by Chambers, before retiring to consult with CIS on its privacy program. He negotiated the first-ever “privacy by design” consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission on behalf of Google, which required the establishment of a comprehensive privacy program including third party compliance audits. Mr. Gidari is a recognized expert on electronic surveillance law; and, long an advocate for greater transparency in government demands for user data, he brought the first public lawsuit before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, seeking the right of providers to disclose the volume of national security demands received. Mr. Gidari earned an LLM from University of Washington School of Law, his law degree from George Mason University School of Law, and his undergraduate degree from Tulane University.

Raphael de Cunto
Partner, Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Raphael de Cunto has been a partner of Pinheiro Neto Advogados since 1995. He focuses on corporate and technology practice, delivering multidisciplinary advice to clients on technology matters. Raphael is a member of the firm’s Steering Committee, co-head of the Technology Practice and responsible for its Palo Alto office. He holds an LLB from the University of São Paulo Law School (USP) and an MCJ from the New York University. He served as chair of Associação Brasileira de Direito de Informática e Telecomunicações – ABDI [Brazilian Information Technology and Telecom Law Association] and as editor of Revista de Direito de Informática e Telecomunicações [Information Technology and Telecom Law Magazine]. He is a board member of Stanford Law School’s Law, Science and Technology programme. He worked as a foreign associate at Fasken Martineau (1988–1989) and at Cravath, Swaine & Moore (1993–1994). He is fluent in Portuguese and English.