Ms Olga Rierola is the Responsible for Cooperation and Training Programmes in the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT). Moreover, she helps managing the Catalan DPOs Network, recent driven by the APDCAT. 

Lawyer by training, she has a long term-experience in the field of data protection. For over 15 years, she has been dealing with privacy an data protection issues in the Catalan DPA, assuming different roles: first, regarding the exercise of privacy rights (working at the “Rights and Complaints department”); and second, once the GDPR came into force, she’s worked as an Audit Coordinator and Data Breach Manager. She also takes part in data protection related workshops.