Héctor Guzmán

Héctor Guzmán has provided international legal consultancy services in personal data protection to the law firm BGBG Abogados since 2012, where he assumed the direction of the relevant area in August 2013.

On the other hand, he acted as Chief Privacy Officer in the Spanish Ministry of Defense for a year (2012-2013) through the General Sub-Directorate of Information and Communications Technologies –Secretaría de Estado de Defensa (State Ministry of Defense).

In addition, he has provided consultancy services in personal data protection matters to several multinational companies incorporated or located in Spain and which work in several sectors such as energy, banking, insurances, big surfaces, insurance companies assistance, among others. Generalitat Valenciana and the Informatic Management of the Social Security. He also participated in 2 studies on the proposal of the Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (First and Second Edition) coordinated by ISMS Forum Spain and Data Privacy Institute.

Currently, Héctor is member of the Bar Association of Madrid (ICAM); ISMS Forum Spain; the Asociación Profesional Española de Privacidad (Spanish Professional Association of Privacy, APEP); and the Observatorio Iberoamericano de Protección de Datos (Data protection ibero-american observatory).

Likewise, Héctor Guzmán has made adaptation and auditing projects in personal data protection matters for several Spanish Public Administrations, including the Spanish National Comission of Energy, the Organismo de Gestión Tributaria (Tax Management Body) of Barcelona, and the Consejería de Bienestar Social (Ministry of Social Welfare)