Hi, I'm Vanesa 👋

Bridging privacy and engineering across
web, data & AI

About

I'm a privacy technologist with a background in computer science who believes that good data practices and great products aren’t at odds.

I enjoy digging into the messy, practical side of making privacy actually work in real-world systems.

My work spans the full data lifecycle:

  • Analyze how data is collected — investigate cookie behavior, consent signal propagation, and network traffic flows between browsers, SDKs and third-party systems.
  • Help engineering and product teams embed privacy directly into data pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Advise on how organizations can build AI and data products that are powerful and trustworthy.

When I step away from the screen, you’ll find me tackling a DIY project of questionable ambition, riding my bike through city trails, and fueling both with local coffee and pastries.

Writings

Opt-out compliance

Gaps in website opt-out functionality under the microscope in privacy enforcement

IAPP, December 2025

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Projects

Automation

Extract Unsubscribe Links from Emails

Using Google Apps Script and Python, this project gathers messages from Gmail and extracts unsubscribe links to Google Sheets.

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