Privacy Attorney

Acxiom is seeking a Privacy Attorney to assist the Chief Privacy Officer in interpreting privacy-related legislation; drafting internal policies and procedures; management of the internal privacy impact assessment (PIA) program and providing legal advice to the Privacy Team and Business. They will offer practical guidance regarding decisions of strategic and tactical nature affecting Acxiom and its clients.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a legal point of contact on behalf of the Privacy Team
• Conduct privacy, security, and AI-related legal research on a federal, state, and international level
• Prepare and provide legal opinions regarding internal processes and procedures, Acxiom data use cases and special projects with guidance from the Chief Privacy Officer
• Assess the impact of proposed laws, regulations, cases, industry policies and Acxiom’s self-regulation policies, all to provide advice to affected stakeholders on compliance
• Maintain the list of laws and regulations that touch the business, tracking proposed legislation and regulations, and updating stakeholders, as required
• Participate in numerous internal and external committees
  • Lead various strategic committees to ensure Acxiom is compliant with federal and state privacy and AI legislation
  • Provide legal oversight and approval where necessary for the Data Source Credentialing program
• Serve as an escalation point for several areas of Acxiom including the consumer care team
  • Assist in standard consumer opt-out request escalations, consumer inquiry escalations, and legislative specific reporting issues and escalations

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's degree, a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school, a license from a state bar, and a minimum of 2 years as an attorney
• Ability to identify issues of concern and mitigate risks, negotiate contracts with opposing counsel, perform legal research and draft memorandums advising the business of issues, risks and potential options

Preferred

• Experience with the key privacy and AI legislation and regulations in the US and internationally
• Self-study of products/services and areas of regulatory and legislative impact to Acxiom

*Please note this position is not eligible for any sort of sponsorship/Visas, etc.

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Primary Location City/State:

Conway, Arkansas

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Acxiom is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status (EOE/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics or other protected status.

Attention California Applicants:  Please see our CCPA/CPRA Privacy Act notice here.

Attention Colorado, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington Applicants: This position is not located in the aforementioned locations but applications for remote work may be considered. For information about this role under state or local equal pay or pay transparency laws, please contact [email protected].