Héctor E. Guzmán Rodríguez

Partner

Email hguzman@bgbg.mx

Telephone +52 (55) 5292 5232

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Professional Experience

Education

Publications

- Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García, S. C., Partner since 2013;
- Ecix Group (Spain), Sr. Associate from 2012 to 2013;
- Écija Abogados, Sr. Associate (Spain), 2012;
- SIA Group (Spain), Sr. Legal Consultant TIC from 2008 to 2012;
- Dufry AG (Switzerland), Legal Consultant from 2006 to 2007; and
- Bello, Guzmán, Morales y Tsuru, S. C., Partner from 2002 to 2006.
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)

PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate, Project Management, APMG-International, 2013.
ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Examination Institute for Information Science (EXIN), ITSM, 2010.
Intellectual and Industrial Property Management in TIC Sector, EOI – School of Business, from 2009 to 2010.
Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Homologated Degree), University of Zaragoza, 2007.
Master in European Union Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid from 2001 to 2002.
Certificate in Corporate Law, Universidad Iberoamericana from 2000 to 2001.
Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Universidad Iberoamericana from 1992 to 1997.

En México: retos para la adaptación a la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión. (In Mexico: challenges in adapting the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held) Observatorio Iberoamericano de Protección de Datos (Data protection ibero-american observatory). April 22, 2014.
Necesitamos Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Seguridad de TI (We need an IT Security Compliance Area).
Estudio de impacto y comparativa con la normativa española de la propuesta de Reglamento General de Protección de Datos de la Unión Europea (Impact and Comparative Study of the Spanish regulation of the proposal of the Data Protection General Regulation of the European Union) (Co-author). ISMS Forum Spain and Data Privacy Institute. November 22, 2012.
¡Me añusgo con las cookies! (Cookies are overwhelming!) #DebateAbiertoCon @HectorGuzmanMx. (Co-author) “Con la venia señorías” Blog (With your permission, you honors) August 29, 2013.
Thoughts about the future of privacy in Europe – Second Edition of the Study of the proposal of the Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (Co-author). ISMS Forum Spain and Data Privacy Institute. January 31, 2014.
Vulneraciones de datos personales y responsabilidad de los encargados bajo la Ley mexicana (1era Parte). (Personal data violations and responsibility of the comptrollers under the Mexican Law, Part 1) Collaboration in blog “Information Security Breaches & The Law“. January 14, 2014.
Vulneraciones de datos personales y responsabilidad de los encargados bajo la Ley mexicana (1era Parte). (Personal data violations and responsibility of the comptrollers under the Mexican Law, Part 1) Collaboration in blog “Information Security Breaches & The Law“. January 21, 2014.
Día de la Protección de Datos (Data Protection Day) 2014. Acciones en 2013 desde México (Actions in 2013 from Mexico). Collaboration for the Asociación Profesional Española de Privacidad (Spanish Professional Association of Privacy, APEP). January 28, 2015.
Transferencias de datos personales México – España / España – México (Personal data transfers Mexico-Spain / Spain-Mexico). Asimetría de regulación (Regulation Asymmetry). Collaboration for LawyerPress. July 14, 2014.
Big data y publicidad comportamental, una aproximación desde la legislación mexicana. (Big data and behavioural advertising, an approach from the Mexican legislation) Observatorio Iberoamericano de Protección de Datos (Data protection ibero-american observatory). August 18, 2014.
En México, cobranza extrajudicial y tratamiento de datos personales (Extrajudicial collections and personal data handling in Mexico). Experiencias y nueva Guía del IFAI (Experiences and new IFAI Guide). Observatorio Iberoamericano de Protección de Datos (Data protection ibero-american observatory). March 4, 2015.
Protección de datos y habeas data: una visión desde Iberoamérica. (Data protection and habeas data: a vision from Ibero-America) Accésit Award 2014 of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (co-author).
Retención de datos personales (Personal Data Retention). Invalidez de la Directiva (Directive invalidity) 2006/24. Sentencia del TJUE (TUJE Sentence). Reforma de telecomunicaciones 2014 (Telecommunications Reform). Reflexiones para México (Thoughts for Mexico). Virtualis 10 Magazine – Tec de Monterrey.
¿Puede el Derecho seguir el paso de la Tecnología? (Can the Law keep up with Technology?) Video, interview by ComputerWorld University.
All you need to know about the forthcoming European Data Protection General Regulation and its impact on Latin American Companies. Interview by NYMITY. August 2015.
No somos Facebook. (We are not Facebook) Thoughts on TJUE Safe Harbor Sentence. Asociación Profesional Española de Privacidad (Spanish Professional Association of Privacy, APEP). October 8, 2015.
El Safe Harbor Agreement y la Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea que lo invalidó. (Safe Harbor Agreement and the Sentence of the Court of Justice of the European Union that invalidated it). Interview for AbogadoDigital.tv. December 23, 2015.
Protección de datos: Mucho pasado, un presente incompleto y la ilusión del futuro. (Data protection: A big past, an incomplete present, and the illusion of a future) Data Protection European Day 2016. APEP.
¿Habemus Privacy Shield? Collaboration with Law&Trends. February 5, 2016.
Esperando a… Privacy Shield. (Waiting for… Privacy Shield) Collaboration with Law&Trends. February 17, 2016.
Datos Personales en Latinoamérica: ¿dónde estamos? (Personal Data in Latinamerica: Where are we?) Article published in “Segurilatam” from Seguritecnia. February 2016.