Privacy Law

JD Hire in Big 4 consulting looking to transition to an in-house or law firm role. Heard it's not an easy transition to leave consulting to go into law, but would appreciate any advice.

Over a happy hour yday a former colleague (now friend) said they’re considering reporting their NY finance client for transactions related privacy violation. They wrapped project last week but are sti...

To keep up with developments in privacy policy and law, I read The Register, IAPP’s news, and law firm updates (only on specific topics I want to know about, not routinely). Any other resources yall l...

Anyone have any incident response management tools they use to track incidents and assist with organizing documentation around notifications/reporting decisions? This excel and teams chat life is ki...

Hi All, looking for some advice. Im trying to pivot more to the legal side of privacy while not loosing the cyber data privacy side. Currently in Consulting (3 years) with several years prior in broad...

Hating one trust and Big ID. Anyone have a vendor they are using for privacy compliance that they actually like?

I feel like when I bring up privacy reg/law changes that affect our internal ops or services, the other ops and service teams either get really afraid or annoyed when I recommend changes. What am I do...

Any favorite privacy compliance softwares, particularly for dsrs and ropas?

How are cloud software vendors addressing NIS 2 Directive compliance requirements in their customer contracts, if at all? We have one customer who is trying to impose the 24-hour reporting obligation ...

Do any of you use ai? If so what are the best tools

Good morning, I am privacy newbie and obtained my CIPP/US recently and would like to look for my next role. Currently, I am not working and I’m in a litigation heavy jurisdiction. What role should I ...

When is it worth getting CIPP/US? I’m a product counsel in pharma and at my new role am acting as local privacy officer. I’m a healthcare regulatory and transactional attorney by trade - not a privacy...

I’m a solo counsel at a growth stage tech startup. I know enough about the privacy laws that apply to my company, but really need help with implementation (e.g., data mapping, training, responding to ...

I just passed the CIPP/US exam…now what?? I have 4 YOE in litigation but I would like to transition to a privacy role.

What are your thoughts on AI Governance as a viable and sustainable career path moving forward? Do you thing it is here to stay? Or simply something that is in vogue while AI is in its nascent stage?

This is more of a security question, but thought I would ask here (and please be kind). I joined a cloud software startup as solo counsel. I’ve been asked to review a customer notice about a vulnerabi...

What does your day to day look like as a privacy attorney in house?

Thoughts on midsize Midwest firm (lit/ID) versus small Midwest firm if trying to breakout into tech/data space.

has anyone seen/included opt out requirements in vendor agreement? for example, we have a vendor that will touch our clients’ sensitive information. if we receive and pass on an opt out request, the v...

Non-attorney consultant here. Just got my CIPP/US cert. Taking suggestions on next steps into a privacy role.