Silvia De Conca is a PhD researcher at TILT-LTMS. Her PhD research analyses the effects of vocal assistants on the private sphere (in the home) and on the legal tools protecting it, with a focus on personal data protection. More in general, her research interests include: AI/robotics and law, privacy and data protection, regulation of technology, IT Law, and IP law. Before joining Tilburg University, Silvia practiced in the Rome and Milan offices of Clifford Chance LLP and Dewey & LeBeouf LLP, and has worked as a contract Professor of IT Law and International IP Law at Monterrey Tech University (Mexico). Silvia holds an LL.B. and LL.M. in Law from Roma Tre University (Italy), and an LL.M. in IT Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (U.K.).