Rehana C Harasgama
Senior Associate, Bär & Karrer Ltd
[email protected]Dr Rehana C Harasgama has more than 10 years of experience in data protection law matters and is an expert in domestic and international data law and data protection law. She also advises clients on media and technology law as well as other regulatory topics. She joined Bär & Karrer in June 2019 and is the leading associate of the data protection team, where she is heavily involved in the business development of the practice.
Rehana Harasgama advises clients on complex data protection and privacy questions, such as major cross-border disclosure requests, the implementation of privacy-by-design, data protection due diligences, the implementation of data breach response plans, employee data protection and the sharing of data.
Rehana Harasgama is a lecturer at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zurich and at the University of St Gallen (HSG), where she teaches data protection law. She also regularly publishes scientific publications, newsletters and briefings.
Rehana Harasgama obtained her law degree and doctorate (PhD in law) at HSG, where she contributed to the international and interdisciplinary research project ‘Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age’ in collaboration with – among others – the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.