Antonella Napolitano
Policy Officer

Antonella Napolitano is Policy Officer at Privacy International, where works on policy development on cybersecurity and biometrics, and with the international network of partner organisations.

Previous to that, she was Communications Manager at the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD), where she also coordinates the "Civil Liberties in the Digital Age" Programme. Member of the steering committee of the State of The Net conference. From 2010 to 2015 European editor of TechPresident, an international online magazine that analyzes the impact of technology on politics and society. She has also served as project manager of Diritto Di Sapere, an Italian organization working on access to government information, and has been a consultant for businesses, governments and political parties. She has published three books on social networks, work and political communication.

Antonella holds a M.A. in Communication and Media Studies at University of Bologna (Italy). In 2005 she was a Research Fellow at Vassar College (New York).