Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Associate; Mid-Level - SF

Position: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Associate (Mid-Level) - SF
** Job Requirements
** Ideal candidates will be problem solvers, self-motivated, and have extensive first-hand proficiency with counseling businesses on major global and U.S. data protection legal frameworks, the behind-the-scenes workings of the Internet, and privacy and regulatory compliance, in addition to superior writing and communication skills, comfort with ambiguity, and a proven record of providing exemplary client service.  This is a partner (shareholder) track position.

Qualified candidates will have excellent academic credentials, 3+ years of providing legal advice on almost exclusively data protection matters, and the following experience:
* Assisting companies with compliance issues in relation to the CCPA and other state privacy laws, the FTC Act, GDPR and other global privacy laws and regulations (with additional consideration for sector-specific experience in financial services, children’s privacy, telecom, biometrics, genetics or digital advertising); working knowledge of HIPAA, FCRA, GLBA, COPPA, TCPA, CAN-SPAM is expected.
* Drafting and revising privacy notices, terms of service, incident response plans, information security policies and other data protection policies.
* Drafting and negotiating professional services agreements, vendor/service provider agreements, data processing agreements, cross-border transfer agreements, and other types of commercial agreements involving data sharing.
* Responding to regulatory inquiries or investigations relating to privacy compliance and data breaches.
* Working on corporate transactions in relation to privacy and security-related due diligence and advising.
* Driving data breach preparation, risk mitigation, coordination and responses.
* Familiarity with establishing AI governance programs and policies, the EU AI Act and U.S. federal and state-level artificial intelligence and automated decision-making/profiling laws and regulations.

Candidates must be in good standing with the CA State Bar. IAPP CIPP certification (U.S. and EU) is strongly preferred.
** Practice Summary
** Greenberg Traurig’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (DPC) attorneys provide tailored, practical advice on privacy and security issues, including the intersection of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, and we operate across numerous industries including technology, healthcare, e-commerce, retail, fintech, and entertainment.

Our DPC team is concentrated on putting our clients’ legal needs first, and making the extremely complex web of privacy and cybersecurity laws easy to understand and manageable. Our global presence, with data protection attorneys in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, enables us to provide streamlined guidance to our clients on compliance, risk management, contracting and breach response issues, work with organizations to establish compliant data protection programs in an efficient manner, and, where necessary, counsel on regulatory investigations and litigate privacy-related matters in the United States and abroad.

We work with clients on compliance with CAN-SPAM, CCPA, CFAA, CIPA/wiretapping laws, CPA, CalOPPA, COPPA, EU/U.K. GDPR, GLBA, ECPA, ePrivacy Directive, FCRA, FERPA, HIPAA, GIPA, LGPD, PCI DSS, SOPIPA, TCPA, VCDPA, VPPA, and Washington’s My Health My Data Act.

Our team is composed of talented lawyers, many of whom have been nationally recognized and named to the Incident Response 40 (Cybersecurity docket), Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Trailblazers (National Law Journal), Top Legal Influencers (Lexology), and Client Service All Stars (BTI). We also have attorneys who have authored several industry-recognized treatises on data privacy and security including The Desk Reference Companion to the CCPA and the CPRA (ABA 2021), E-Commerce and Internet Law:
Treatise with Forms 2d Ed. (West 2008 & 2020), and The EU GDPR General Data Protection Regulation:
Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions (ABA 2018).

To apply , submit your resume, cover letter, law school transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable), and a writing sample (drafted/edited solely by…