Katerina Demetzou

Katerina Demetzou is a Policy Counsel for Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum. She is working to further understand the state of play and global trends in data protection and privacy laws around the world, with their impact on the rights of individuals and on various technologies and digital services.

Since 2016, Katerina has conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt as a Ph.D. Candidate at the Radboud Business Law Institute (OO&R) and is a member of the Interdisciplinary Hub for Security, Privacy, and Data Governance (iHUB), both situated at the University of Radboud of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the legal qualification of the concept of high risk as a legal requirement for performing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) under Article 35 of the GDPR. She has authored and co-authored articles on the nature and the role of risk under the GDPR. Her research interests also revolve around fundamental rights and Artificial Intelligence.