Privacy Lawyer

Life After Law; Toronto; On-site; CAD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Life After Law is seeking a Legal Counsel, Privacy to join its dynamic legal team. The role supports the global team on privacy matters, especially in Canada, the EU, and the US.

Responsibilities include advising on privacy regulations, drafting policies, conducting impact assessments, audits, and responding to data subject requests, while coordinating with product, security, and information teams. Salary range 135,000-180,000 CAD depending on seniority.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of post-call legal experience in privacy and data protection.
• Experience with GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, COPPA etc.
• Experience with commercial transactions and data processing agreements.
• Ability to work independently and as a member on a large team supporting a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice with respect to global privacy, data protection, information, and security.
• Provide advice to the global team on privacy regulations.
• Monitor changing privacy laws and advise the company and support drafting of new policies.
• Identify new and changing requirements and manage the rollout of compliance requirements to mitigate risk.
• Provide impact assessments, audits, certification applications, policies, training, and data subject requests.
• Engage with government and customers on privacy issues.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders including information teams, product teams, and security teams to align privacy with business considerations.

Skills

Privacy law

Data protection

Regulatory compliance

Contract negotiation

Education

Licensed to practice law (Ontario)

Tools

Data processing agreements

Privacy impact assessments

Audits

Job description

Our client, a growing technology and advertising platform, is seeking a Legal Counsel, Privacy for its dynamic legal team. The successful candidate will support the global legal team on all matters related to privacy matters, particularly in Canada, the EU, and the US.

Your role will include:

• Providing legal advice with respect to global privacy, data protection, information, and security
• Providing advice to the global team on privacy regulations
• Monitoring changing privacy laws and advising the company and supporting drafting of new policies
• Identifying new and changing requirements and managing the rollout of compliance requirements with a view to mitigate risk
• Providing impact assessments, audits, certification applications, policies, training, and data subject requests
• Engaging with the government and customers on privacy issues
• Working closely with internal stakeholders, including the information teams, product teams, and security teams, to support the privacy requirements aligning with business considerations

You are the ideal candidate if you have/ are:

• A member in good standing with the LSO
• 2-4 years of post-call legal experience in privacy and data protection
• Experience with GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, COPPA etc.
• Experience with commercial transactions and related contracts, especially pertaining to data processing agreements
• The ability to work independently and as a member on a large team supporting a global organization

This is an active opening for a current role.

The expected salary range is 135,000-180,000 depending on seniority and experience. Total compensation might include other incentives.

AI may be used only for initial resume review. All other decisions are human-made.