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Cosimo Monda
Cosimo Monda is the Director of the Maastricht European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC), which has been established in 2016 at the Law Faculty, Maastricht University.
At ECPC his work has a strong European and international outlook in the field of privacy and cybersecurity, steering an interdisciplinary group of researchers, academics and professionals active in areas of fundamental rights, data privacy, transparency and confidentiality, IT, data security, and more. Cosimo Monda has a longstanding experience in designing executive education, certification courses and online learning modules for professionals who are required to deal with new regulations and on-going developments in the privacy and cybersecurity market. Before joining Maastricht University, he was working at the European Institute of Public Administration, as Senior Lecturer and Head of Information, Publications, and Marketing services. He holds a Law Degree obtained at the University of Bologna.
His fields of expertise include Data Protection and Cyber security, EU Information Management; Transparency and access to documents; EU Agencies; EU decision-making procedures and Institutions and EU law.
Helena Bossini Castillo
Helena Bossini Castillo is a Lecturer at the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC), which she joined in September 2024. Before joining ECPC, Helena worked as a Privacy Officer at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University, where she advised on the compliant use of health data for research and education. In this role, she gained extensive experience in the challenges that researchers and the healthcare sector face in improving the quality of life of patients while protecting their privacy. Her professional experience also includes working as a legal and privacy advisor for hospitals, start-ups and automotive companies.
In addition to her work at Maastricht University, Helena participated in the working groups for the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Scientific Research promoted by Health-RI and Coreon in the Netherlands. In addition, she contributed to the discussion on the secondary use of health data in the Netherlands carried out by Health –RI.
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