PRACTICE

Her professional practice focuses on law and technology, primarily on data protection and cybersecurity, with 20 years of professional experience in the public, private, and civil sectors.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  • 100 Women Leaders 2024, El Mercurio and Women Entrepreneurs.
  • 2nd Place in Data Protection category, Leading Lawyers (2019).
  • Rising Star in Data Privacy, The Legal 500 (2021).

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jessica provides ongoing advisory services to companies and organizations across Chile and Latin America on compliance with data protection and cybersecurity regulations, privacy impact assessments for major national and regional projects, and guidance to governments and international organizations, including ECLAC and UN Women Chile. She serves as a member of the Ministerial Advisory Commission for the implementation of the Data Protection Law in Chile (2025).

She has led legal departments at Marca Chile, the Ministry of Mining, the Ministry of Justice, the National Statistics Institute (INE), and the Municipality of Antofagasta. She is also the co-founder of the Datos Protegidos Foundation (2015) and the Internet Society Chile (2020), initiatives dedicated to promoting data privacy and security, as well as a free, open, and collaborative Internet.

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

  • Co-author of “The Transfer of Personal Data,” (SP). Lexis Nexis (2006).
  • “Right to Access Public Information and Data Protection,” (SP). Revista Chilena de Derecho y Tecnologías. Centro de Estudios en Derecho Informático, Universidad de Chile, Vol. 2 Núm. 1 (2013). Link
  • “Gender Violence on the Internet in Chile”. (SP). Fundación Datos Protegidos (2018). Link
  • “State of Digital Gender Violence Legislation in Latin America”. (SP). EUROsociAL+. (2022). Link
  • “Recommendations for Designing and Implementing Public Policies on Gender Violence in Teleworking”. (SP). Public Policy Guide, Acoso.online. (2022). Link
  • Advances and regulatory perspectives on personal data protection in Mexico and Latin America. Proceedings of the Privacy Route: Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives and prospects from the right to personal data protection and privacy. National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information, and Protection of Personal Data (2022).

EDUCATION

  • Law, Universidad de Chile.
  • Diploma in Information Technology Law and Master’s-level Studies in Information Technology Law and Telecommunications, Universidad de Chile.
  • ISO/IEC 29100 (Privacy Framework) Lead Implementer and ISO/IEC 31700 (Privacy by Design) Lead Implementer; Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  • Certification in Cybersecurity, Universidad de León, Spain, and the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).
  • BOW – Board of Women Certification, Mujeres Empresarias (2024).

ACADEMIA

Professor at Universidad de Chile, teaching in postgraduate programs within the Faculties of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and of Communication and Image, and at Universidad de Santiago.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English.