Menéndez González, Natalia

Law

PhD: European University Institute

Office D2-28

Biography

Natalia Menéndez is an Assistant Professor on Tenure Track in the Department of Law at CUNEF Universidad. She is a Research Associate at the Center for a Digital Society of the European University Institute. She is also a Visiting Researcher at the Biometrics Law Lab of the Center for IT & IP Law, Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven. She holds a PhD in Law and an LLM from the European University Institute and has been a guest lecturer at the School of Transnational Governance and at the Universities of Turin, York (Canada), and Toronto. She has numerous publications on the intersection between Law and Technology in academic journals and has co-edited the volume Next Democratic Frontiers for Facial Recognition Technology, published by Springer.

Most relevant publications

Menéndez González, N. : "Empowering personal data sovereignty in hyper-realistic Metaverse avatars through blockchain technology". Interactive Entertainment Law Review, 8(1):43-54, 2025.

Meszaros, J., Preuveneers, D., Biasin, E., Marquet, E., Erdogan, I., Maria Rosal, I., Vranckaert, K., Belkadi, L., & Menéndez, N: "ChatGPT, Are You Lawfully Processing My Personal Data? GDPR Compliance and Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data by OpenAI", Journal of AI Law and Regulation 1(2) 233 - 239, 2024.

Menéndez González, N., Bozkir, E.: "Eye-Tracking Devices for Virtual and Augmented Reality Metaverse Environments and Their Compatibility with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation", Digital Society 3, 39, 2024.

Leslie, D., Ashurst, C., González, N. M., Griffiths, F., Jayadeva, S., Jorgensen, M., Katell, M., Krishna, S., Kwiatkowski, D., Martins, C. I., Mahomed, S., Mougan, C., Pandit, S., Richey, M., Sakshaug, J. W., Vallor, S., & Vilain, L. 'Frontier AI,' Power, and the Public Interest: Who Benefits, Who Decides? Harvard Data Science Review (Special Issue 5), 2024.

Palmiotto, F. and Menéndez González, N.: "Facial recognition technology, democracy and human rights". Computer Law & Security Review, 50, Art. 105857, 2023.

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