Nga Bellis-phan
Legal Officer, French Data Protection Authority, Compliance Tools Department
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolNga Bellis-phan is a legal officer at the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) specializing in privacy compliance, Binding Corporate Rules and codes of conduct for multinational groups and professional federations. A former legal historian and digital humanist, she pivoted to tech law in 2022 and combines deep academic research—ongoing PhD in Legal History and years teaching at Sorbonne, Assas and Nanterre—with hands-on regulatory practice. She contributes to EU-level policymaking as a member of EDPB expert subgroups on international transfers and compliance, and has audited cross-border governance frameworks for large-scale organisations. Her background includes a Yale LL.M., a residency at Yale’s Information Society Project focused on misinformation in the Global South, and editorial leadership at major law journals. Fluent in bridging archival-tech projects (mass OCR, NLP, linked data) and contemporary tech regulation, she brings a rare mix of historical perspective and operational regulatory expertise. Based in Paris and admitted to the New York Bar, she advises at the intersection of consumer rights, platform services and international data flows.
7 years of coding experience
Master 2, DCEEN – Droit du commerce électronique et de l'économie numérique (E-commerce & Tech Law), Master 2, DCEEN – Droit du commerce électronique et de l'économie numérique (E-commerce & Tech Law) at University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneDekhoda International Center for Persian Studies, Persian Language Certificate (2012/2014), Dekhoda International Center for Persian Studies, Persian Language Certificate (2012/2014) at University of TehranMaster of Laws - LL.M., Master of Laws - LL.M. at Yale Law SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Law/Legal History (in progress), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Law/Legal History (in progress) at Paris-Pantheon-Assas UniversityFrench Baccalaureate, Economics & Social Sciences, French Baccalaureate, Economics & Social Sciences at LFAY - Lycée francais Alexandre Yersin de HanoïCollège de Droit Diploma, International & Comparative Law, Collège de Droit Diploma, International & Comparative Law at Collège et Ecole de Droit | Université Paris 2 Panthéon-AssasSummer European University (UEE), Oriental Languages, Summer European University (UEE), Oriental Languages at Università degli studi Roma TRE
French, Vietnamese, English, Spanish, Persian, GermanGithub contributions (2)
ngaphb/TDhddP1
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
ngaphb/DHBenelux
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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