Odell, Anna

Director of Data Protection and Privacy at Walt Disney Company, London, United Kingdom

Experience

Awarded twice for her collaborative work with the Disney Destination International team, Anna Odell is a prestigious Data Protection specialist. With an extensive career spanning more than 20 years, her work has focused on ensuring compliance and developing multiple privacy policies.

Her knowledge and skills have allowed her to be part of recognized international reference companies such as Walt Disney in the United Kingdom. In this way, she has been in charge of conducting both periodic audits and impact assessments to optimize data management practices. At the same time, she has supervised the response to any incident related to information security, including breaches or unauthorized access. In this regard, she has also provided numerous trainings to employees on the optimal handling of personal data and compliance with privacy regulations.

Likewise, she has led technological projects involving the use of personal data, ensuring that the appropriate privacy standards are met. In line with this, she has acted as a point of contact between companies and regulatory authorities on data protection issues, responding to requests and reports.

Moreover, she has led a variety of initiatives that have helped parents to establish procedures for their children to make responsible use of the Internet. In this way, she has helped to make families aware of the websites that minors visit, the sites on which they register their personal data and even their registrations. Thanks to this, she has prevented children from being confronted with inappropriate content such as violent or sexual images or those that promote dangerous behavior. She has also made it possible to detect early signs of bullying, giving parents the opportunity to intervene to support their children.