Alessandro Mantelero is Associate Professor of Private Law at the Polytechnic University of Turin. In 2016, he was appointed expert consultant by the Council of Europe to draft the Guidelines on personal data in a world of Big Data (2017). He has held visiting appointments in several universities (Harvard, Oxford, Nanjing – NUITS, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). Alessandro has published three books and is author of over a hundred articles and book chapters on law & technology, with a special focus on data protection, big data, AI, IoT, Industry 4.0 and smart cities. He is member of the Editorial Board of Computer Law & Security Review and Associate Editor at European Data Protection Law Review.