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/ Macarena Gatica L.
/ Description
Macarena leads the area of Technology, Media, Telecom and Data Protection. She has more than 15 years of legal practice and has extensive experience in the areas of technology, data protection, cybersecurity and e-commerce.
She has worked on projects with companies from various industries: financial (Grupo Security, Bci), securities (DCV), retail (Tricot), food (Agrosuper), education (Aiep), insurance (Vida Security), health (Bupa), automotive (Derco), technology (Masterbase) among others, characterized by providing more than advice an accompaniment in a process of adaptation to new standards and determining regulatory risks with a clear orientation to the client’s business.
She has been invited to legislative committees in the Chilean Congress, specifically during the processing of the bill on personal data.
/ Education
2012
Attorney
Supreme Court
1996
Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences
Universidad Gabriela Mistral
/ Laboral experience
2020-2022
Director of Amcham, Co-chair of Amcham’s Digital Regulations Roundtable.
May – July 2023
Vice Chair of the WDDMA Ethics and Self-Regulatory Board
2012 – 2018
Legal Advisor of MasterBase®, assuming legal management for Chile and subsidiaries.
2013 – 2015
Head of Enforcement and Litigation at Jarry Ip.
2012 – 2013
Associate Legal Advisor at Integra IP.
2009 – 2012
Director of Compliance at Innova College (Online College).
1998 – 2001
Legal Director at Juan Pablo Valdivieso & Asociados.
/ Academic activities
2024
Professor in the Artificial Intelligence Diploma at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2019 – to date
Professor in the Data Protection Diploma of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2018 – to date
Professor of the Compliance Diploma and in data protection courses, Universidad del Desarrollo.