Carmen Alvarez Valdés

Carmen Alvarez Valdés is Senior Corporate Counsel at Microsoft´s Office of Data Protection, part of the Privacy, Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs team, which is responsible for the alignment and lead engagements with data protection authorities as well as engagements related to data protection and adjacent regulatory issues with other regulators and external stakeholders. Prior to that, she worked in the same position at software technology companies in the field of AI and telecommunication services on data protection, telecom, software and technology areas of practice. Carmen Alvarez completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in law, tax law and audit at the University of Oviedo in Spain. She is AIGP and CIPP/E certified by IAPP.