Privacy Counsel - Wallet, Payments, and Commerce
- Employer
- Apple Inc.
- Location
- Cupertino
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2024
- Closes
- Sep 22, 2024
- Practice
- Litigation
- Position
- Counsel
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Do you love taking on big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a deep knowledge of the legal field and a passion for innovation? As a part of our Legal group, you'll help uphold Apple's high ethical and corporate standards, as well as defend our intellectual property, by providing legal support for all our products and businesses across the globe. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you'll be challenged to creatively apply your deep legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law.
As a privacy legal lead working closely with teams on Apple's payments and financial services features, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic group on critical issues impacting Apple's business and products. You will work directly with business and engineering teams in close collaboration with others in legal and compliance to design innovative frameworks and solutions for products.
Description
You will be responsible for providing privacy legal, governance, and compliance guidance for Apple's Wallet and payments products and services. You will also work closely with colleagues to respond to regulator and customer inquiries and other external–facing communications relating to privacy and data governance. This role will report through the Privacy Legal team's product counseling group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting and monitoring a privacy program to ensure that technology and business processes meet applicable legal requirements
- Coordinating internal and external inquiries, compliance reviews and monitoring activities
- Advising on general privacy and data protection/security laws, regulations, requirements and industry best practices
- Identifying and communicating potential risks areas with leadership
- Staying informed of and properly communicating any changes to or developments in privacy and data protection laws, regulations, standards, and guidance
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in privacy and/or data governance and compliance
- Knowledge of privacy and data protection laws and regulations, experience in driving regulatory work including regulatory responses
- Experience conducting ongoing compliance monitoring activities in coordination with other compliance and operational assessment functions
- Fluency in security frameworks, including ISO, NIST, and knowledge of financial–related data security requirements such as NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulations and PCI DSS
- JD or equivalent and admission to at least one US state bar
Preferred Qualifications:
- Pulse on cutting–edge legal issues like AIML in the financial services context, with an emphasis on financial data requirements
- Able to clearly organize and inform through excellent written and verbal communications
- Ability to partner at all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical capability with attention to detail
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.