Lydia de la Torre

Lydia’s work with different organizations has run the gamut, from pre-IPO startups to mature Fortune 500 companies, in a multitude of industries, including e-commerce, fintech and computer hardware. This experience has provided her with a direct understanding of client concerns.

Appointed to the inaugural CPPA Board by the California Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins in 2021, Lydia gained unique experience with the first dedicated US privacy regulator. Lydia was one of the original five CPPA board members, helping shape California’s data privacy and security regulations, including on automated decision-making and profiling, and helped oversee and manage the agency’s enforcement work. In her role at the CPPA, she liaised with data regulators in other states, at the federal level and internationally, as well as lawmakers, regarding legislative and enforcement priorities for consumer privacy protection.

Lydia is the co-founder of Golden Data Law, a public benefit corporation law firm dedicated to providing mentorship to law students while focusing on privacy and data governance matters. With a passion for mentorship and education, Lydia is also an adjunct professor at UC Davis Law and Santa Clara University, where she teaches privacy, data protection and AI.

She is also a founding Leadership Council member on the AI Leadership Council of the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), which aims to provide guidance to public and private stakeholders in navigating AI policy and compliance and promotes responsible data and AI practices.

Lydia is a frequently invited speaker on privacy-related topics, such as data ethics in privacy law including AI, multijurisdictional privacy law compliance and the interplay between consumer privacy laws and other data and consumer protection laws. She is also a prolific writer and has been published in a variety of outlets, from mainstream media to privacy and legal publications. She is the editor of Golden Data, a Medium publication focused on data laws.