Description
Plan, direct, and coordinate an organization’s data privacy program to ensure compliance with data protection laws and ethical data practices.
- • Verify that privacy technologies for consent, DSARs, and monitoring are in place and effective.
- • Serve as a confidential point of contact for employees to raise privacy questions or report incidents.
- • Maintain documentation of privacy activities, including RoPA, DPIAs, DSAR logs, and incident records.
- • Consult with legal counsel on complex data protection obligations and regulatory interpretations.
- • Collaborate with HR to apply consistent disciplinary actions for privacy policy violations.
- • Advise leadership and business partners on privacy program implementation and controls.
- • Review customer-facing notices, marketing materials, and cookie banners for privacy compliance.
- • Provide employee training on privacy laws, policies, and secure data handling.
- • Report notifiable data breaches to regulators and affected individuals as required.
- • Support internal and external audits of privacy and data protection controls.
- • Prepare dashboards and reports on privacy risks, incidents, DSAR metrics, and program progress.
- • Monitor privacy controls and KPIs to ensure ongoing effectiveness.
- • Identify and triage privacy risks, complaints, and potential violations for follow-up.
- • Publish and maintain privacy policies, standards, and procedures.
- • File required privacy registrations, assessments, or certifications with authorities where applicable.
- • Design and implement improvements to privacy communications, monitoring, and enforcement.
- • Conduct periodic privacy audits, data access reviews, and cookie scanning.
- • Lead investigations of privacy incidents and coordinate remediation.
- • Advise engineers and product teams on privacy by design and data minimization.
- • Conduct and document DPIAs and legitimate interest assessments for high-risk processing.
- • Direct core privacy program areas, including DSAR management, consent, retention, vendor risk, cross-border transfers, and incident response.
- • Evaluate and test privacy controls, de-identification methods, and access restrictions.
- • Update policies and processes to align with changes in laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA) and guidance.
- • Brief management and staff on emerging privacy issues, enforcement actions, and best practices.
- • Verify that regulatory requirements (e.g., RoPA, DPAs, SCCs, notices) are documented, implemented, and communicated.
- • Keep informed on evolving privacy laws, standards, and industry practices.
- • Lead development and rollout of enterprise privacy policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- • Develop and maintain a privacy risk register and mitigation strategies.
- • Oversee intake channels for DSARs, privacy questions, and incident reporting.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
