Lydia de la Torre served as one of the five inaugural board members for the country’s first privacy-only enforcement body, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). She worked closely on the writing of the state’s privacy regulations. After three years on the board, and following her vote against the regulations related to automated decision making, de la Torre resigned and returned in September 2024 to the Golden Data Law Firm, which she founded, and to Squire Patton Boggs as of counsel. The Cybersecurity Law Report spoke with de la Torre about her involvement in establishing the CPPA’s powerful rules, her 2024 vote not to advance the portion regarding automated decision-making tools and her experience as a board member, as well as the agency’s enforcement advisories. We also discussed her observations about AI’s impact on privacy professionals and other issues that merit the privacy community’s consideration. See “No Regulator Is an Island: Bermuda Commissioner Discusses New Privacy Law and Global Enforcement” (Jan. 17, 2024).