dr. Helena Uršič Vrabec
Dr. Helena U. Vrabec že skoraj deset let izkušenj svetuje vodilnim ameriškim tehnološkim podjetjem s področja prava varstva osebnih podatkov, kibernetske varnosti in umetne inteligence. Trenutno deluje kot pravna svetovalka pri podjetju Instacart, pred tem pa je bila članica pravne ekipe podjetja Palantir Technologies. Poleg dela v gospodarstvu dr. Vrabec deluje tudi predavateljica in raziskovalka na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Leidnu na Nizozemskem.
Dr. Vrabec je diplomirala na Pravni fakulteti v Ljubljani, magistrirala na Univerzi Tilburg (Nizozemska) in New York University (ZDA), in doktorirala s področja prava varstva podatkov na Univerzi Leiden (Nizozemska). V sklopu doktorskega študija je leto dni delovala v skupini prof. dr. Jacka Balkina (Information Society Project) na Pravni fakulteti Univerze Yale (ZDA).
Pred selitvijo v ZDA je bila tri leta zaposlena kot doktorska raziskovalka in predavateljica na Univerzi Leiden. V tem času je med drugim svetovala Evropski Komisiji kot zunanja strokovnjakinja za etiko in varstvo podatkov. Pred tem je bila zaposlena kot svetovalka za zasebnost v podjetju EY v Amsterdamu, kjer je sodelovala z vodilnimi globalnimi podjetji pri implementaciji projektov s področja varstva podatkov in informacijske zasebnosti.
Dr. Vrabec je pogosta govorka na mednarodnih konferencah, gostujoča predavateljica na evropskih univerzah in redno objavlja v priznanih mednarodnih revijah. Leta 2021 je pri založbi Oxford University Press izdala monografijo “Data subject rights under the GDPR”.
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Dr. Helena U. Vrabec has almost a decade of experience advising major U.S. technology companies on legal aspects of privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. She currently serves as Senior Counsel at Instacart, a leading gig economy platform, and was previously part of the legal team at Palantir Technologies. Alongside her legal practice, she is affiliated with Leiden University as a lecturer and senior researcher.
Dr. Vrabec holds a Master of Laws from the University of Ljubljana, an LL.M. from both Tilburg University and New York University, and a Ph.D. in data protection law from Leiden University.
In 2018, Dr. Vrabec was a Resident Fellow at Yale Law School, where she conducted research at the Information Society Project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jack Balkin. Before her time at Yale, she spent three years as a Ph.D. researcher at Leiden Law School, where she also served as a European Commission ethics expert and delivered lectures on privacy law to both students and legal professionals. Prior to academia, she worked as a privacy advisor at Ernst & Young in Amsterdam, collaborating with global corporations to implement data protection frameworks.
Dr. Vrabec regularly publishes in peer-reviewed journals on data protection, big data, and law & technology. She also speaks at national and international conferences. Her book, Data Subject Rights under the GDPR, was published by Oxford University Press in 2021.
