Legal Counsel, Privacy

About Us
At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers approximately 25 million Internet properties, for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
About the department
Ensuring the privacy of personal information is core to Cloudflare's mission to help build a better Internet. We're looking for an experienced privacy attorney to help Cloudflare navigate the complicated challenges of processing personal data amid an ever-changing regulatory landscape. Our legal team helps the company deal with complex matters by anticipating regulatory changes, and guiding the company around the complications and distractions that arise from such obstacles. Our new privacy counsel team member will help foster our unique corporate philosophy and approach, in which the security and privacy of our customers' data are paramount.
We are looking for an exceptionally talented, energetic and friendly privacy attorney to join our legal team based in San Francisco or Austin. This role will focus on privacy developments in the Asia-Pacific region (e.g., China, Japan, So. Korea, Singapore, and India) and so the candidate for this role needs to be willing to accommodate meetings during Asia-Pacific friendly working hours. This role is ideal for someone who is a proactive self-starter and strategic thinker, who has a thirst for knowledge and continued growth, all while working as part of a great team. This position reports to Cloudflare's Chief Privacy Officer.
What you'll do

• Be the subject matter expert on privacy developments and data protection laws impacting global technology companies and work collaboratively across multiple functions, including those in the Asia-Pacific region, to advise on the impact of data protection laws or changes to such laws on Cloudflare's business. In particular, you will focus on privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific region, but a foundational understanding of the EU's GDPR is required.
• Be the subject matter expert on Cloudflare's compliance with "cookie compliance" and "do not sell or share" requirements under U.S. state privacy laws, the ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, and similar national laws.
• Serve as primary privacy counsel to the marketing and sales teams in their outreach to customers and prospective customers and advise on obligations under the US CAN-SPAM and similar national anti-spam laws.
• Collaborate with product lawyers to implement Cloudflare's Privacy by Design policy as well as evaluating the impact of privacy laws, regulatory guidance, enforcement actions, and other related guidance on product development.
• Support the commercial transactions legal team in negotiating data processing addendums and similar contractual language under GDPR, CCPA, and other global privacy laws.
• Support the People team on matters related to the privacy of employee data.
• Create and contribute to playbooks and FAQ libraries for various teams to ensure they have the most current privacy guidance.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• JD degree with strong academic credentials and admitted to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Minimum 3 years of relevant legal experience counseling a global company on international privacy and data protection issues, preferably with time in-house at a technology company with established privacy compliance protocols
• Expert knowledge of global privacy and data protection laws, regulations and compliance regimes at all levels, including familiarity with industry-specific regimes
• Knowledge of ad tech glossary and privacy practices, including consent management platforms, web tracker analysis, and transparent UI design
• Experience counseling product teams on privacy by design and working with product teams on data privacy and data protection controls
• Solution-oriented business and legal counselor with a growth mindset and strong sense of humor
• Strong communication skills and cooperative team player.
• Lead with empathy and understanding while embracing diverse points of view.
• Flexibility to adapt and thrive in a fast paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability and strong desire to effectively advise, develop relationships, and work collaboratively with stakeholders across teams to establish effective solutions efficiently and in an amenable manner
• Experience prioritizing work and providing advice under deadlines Ability to draft documents, policies, messages and anything else in a precise manner, while still being concise and digestible for non-lawyers
• Technical background / expertise is highly desired - while a science or technical degree is not a prerequisite for this job, a passion for technologies is

What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: We equip politically and artistically important organizations and journalists with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.
Path Forward Partnership: Since 2016, we have partnered with Path Forward, a nonprofit organization, to create 16-week positions for mid-career professionals who want to get back to the workplace after taking time off to care for a child, parent, or loved one.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here's the deal - we don't store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you'd like to be a part of? We'd love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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