Privacy Cybersecurity Associate or Senior Counsel

REQUIREMENTS

• J.D. from an ABA accredited law school

• Excellent academic credentials

• Prior experience handling privacy and cybersecurity issues

• Privacy professional certification preferred but not required

• Passion for staying up to date about the latest technology driven privacy and cybersecurity issues and trends

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diverse group of internal and external clients, attorneys, and staff

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to manage confidential information and sensitive situations with tact and discretion

• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Data breach prevention and risk-mitigation counseling, including tabletop design and delivery

• Data breach investigation and response counseling

• In-depth knowledge of the regulatory framework for key international, federal and state privacy laws (including requirements of all effective and pending state consumer data privacy laws, PCI-DSS, GLBA, HIPAA, and GDPR)

• Implementation of key components of privacy and security compliance programs

• Negotiation of complex information technology, licensing and outsourcing contracts, including privacy and data security clauses and key risk allocation issues such as indemnification and limitation on liability

• Advising clients in all industries on a wide variety of privacy and data security matters

• Advising on data governance strategies (retention, use policies, inventories, mapping)

• Addressing privacy and cybersecurity due diligence issues in M&A transactions

• Drafting company terms of service and website privacy policies

• Reviewing, updating or drafting security policies