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APAC Privacy Counsel (China)
AppleBeijing, Beijing, China7+ years
Apply 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. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionised entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Do you love taking on big challenges without precedent? Do you possess a detailed knowledge of privacy and a passion for innovation? As a member of our APAC Privacy Team you’ll play an important part in upholding Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards.
At Apple we are about creating great products. Part of making products great is designing products that respect consumer security and privacy.
As APAC Privacy Counsel, reporting to Apple’s Senior Privacy Counsel in Beijing, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team on privacy issues impacting Apple’s business and products globally. You will work directly with business and engineering teams to provide compliance and geographic counselling integrated into the design of innovative privacy solutions for products as well as across the legal department on Apple activities and regulatory issues, particularly in China mainland.
- Your responsibilities will include privacy by design reviews and projects, assist with handling privacy inquiries, incidents or complaints, support compliance and auditing frameworks, advise on privacy aspects of licensing and procurement deals, ensure privacy compliance with local legal requirements and internal policies, analyse lawful responses to law enforcement requests, and assist with drafting of policies and procedures surrounding privacy laws.
- Minimum Qualifications
- Strong experience and understanding of China mainland data protection and data security laws, with experience and knowledge of privacy laws in other APAC jurisdictions a plus.
- Excellent academic credentials with at least 7 years privacy experience at a top-tier law firm, in-house or at a mainland China regulator, prior work with MNC a plus.
- Experienced in dealing with regulators in China mainland regarding data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
- Based in Beijing or Shanghai, or based in China mainland and willing to move to Beijing or Shanghai.
- Experienced in handling privacy inquiries, complaints and incidents.
- Experience in privacy by design reviews and projects, doing data protection impact assessments (DPIA).
- Experience in drafting and negotiating privacy related contracts, developing compliance and auditing frameworks
- Extraordinary written and verbal skills in English, and written and verbal fluency in Mandarin
- Ability and commitment to work both independently and collaboratively with numerous people at all levels throughout the company, with a willingness to learn
- Comfortable expressing a point of view and influencing change in a collaborative manner
- Admitted to practice law in China mainland.
- Sound business judgment, and flexibility/adaptability to handle multiple wide-ranging matters, conflicting deadlines, and new areas of expertise as business needs change
- Demonstrated ability, in a positive, commercial and practical manner, to identify, prioritise and resolve issues quickly and effectively