De Haro, Raquel

Biography

Raquel De Haro is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Law & Economics. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Administration from University Pompeu Fabra, a Master of Law from the International University of La Rioja, and a Master on Intellectual Property and New Technologies from the International University of Valencia. Prior to joining ETH, Raquel worked at the European Commission, the Catalan Competition Authority, and in the top law firm Cuatrecasas, as well as as a lecturer in business and labour law at Fundació Universitària TecnoCampus. Raquel also has experience as a consultant on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) for UN Women and is admitted to the Spanish Bar.

Research Interests

Raquel’s research interests focus on platform governance, online safety, and the diffusion of privacy law. Her work explores the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) using empirical methods. She investigates the role of platforms as indirect regulators and aims to uncover gender biases embedded in content moderation policies through the analysis of the DSA Transparency Database and platforms’ Terms of Service. Raquel also works on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and seeks to develop data-driven policy recommendations for designing and enforcing digital frameworks that promote safer online spaces for all.

Her first project examines the global diffusion of privacy norms, focusing on the impact of the GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), both de jure and de facto.