Creative and innovative, Carolina Alonso uses her cross-contextual experiences (from in-house, for-profit and industry-pacing to nonprofit, regulatory, policy-making and academic) to address issues from all sides and tailor the appropriate practical and forward-looking outcome for domestic and international clients.
Carolina Alonso’s practice is focused on privacy, data protection and advertising. She has a range of experience, from international privacy and advertising compliance to data security issue spotting to business deals, including acquisition due diligence and contract drafting and negotiation. She is also skilled in a variety of coding languages, including Python and HTML. Carolina encourages companies to self-regulate and guides them in using best practices to facilitate future privacy trends.
Carolina is the founder and leader of the video game law working group at the firm, which connects clients to the firm’s team of attorneys with video game experience, including those who are gamers themselves. She is also a member of the Video Game Bar Association. In addition to counseling business leaders in the video game and mobile app game industries, Carolina’s passion for gaming translates to an in-depth understanding of the challenges associated with XR technologies and multiverse platforms.
Carolina has experience with children’s and student data, including COPPA compliance and FERPA application, as well as biometric and genetic data, including BIPA and CUBI analysis. She also advises clients on certain advertising issues, including children’s advertising and CARU enforcement. Additionally, she has general experience in intellectual property issues, having advised companies and individuals on copyright infringement and fair use.
Before joining BakerHostetler, Carolina worked in law and policy at a number of technology-centric organizations, including the Future of Privacy Forum, Public Knowledge, Yahoo and Facebook. She also has basic reading and writing skills in Japanese.