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Federica De Stefani is a lawyer at the Mantova Bar, specialized in Data Protection and Data Governance; in advanced strategies for the application of EU Regulation 2016/679; in cybercrime and digital investigations; in Legal Tech; in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and platforms; and in sports law. He is a Master of Data Protection & Data Protection Designer and DPO.

He is part of EDPB's Support Pool of Experts for Italy.He is an adjunct professor at Link University and Unicollege SMML, where he teaches Digital Media Law, Cybercrime Analysis and Cybersecurity, and Digital and Web Marketing. He is a lecturer in courses and conferences at Italian universities.

He is coordinator and teaching staff member of the Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence Link Campus University, Jean Monnet project. He is a member of CODOPE (Teacher Pathway of Excellence Committee) and contact person for the Pathway of Excellence "The use of AI and the practical connotations of data protection, cybersecurity and ethical principles" at Link University.He collaborates with the DITES Research Center at Link University and is a member of the editorial board of Quaderni di comunità, a journal of the DITES Research Center. She is a member of the Coni Lombardy Legal Commission for the four-year Olympic period 2021-2024 and a trainer of the Coni Olympic Training 2023-2024. She is the author of legal publications, including more than 10 monographs, for Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre Editore, Hoepli, Maggioli and La Tribuna. She contributes to the online publications Agenda Digitale, Cybersecurity 360 and BigData4Innovation. He is co-founder of Legal Hackers Mantova.