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Counsel, Privacy

Electronic Arts
Austin, Texas, United States of AmericaKirkland, Washington, United States of AmericaVancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLos Angeles, California, United States of America
Posted 1 month ago
Last seen 1 month ago
Active
full-time
Legal
$130,800 - $183,000 CAD

Job Summary

Join Electronic Arts as a Counsel, Privacy, and play a pivotal role in safeguarding player data and shaping privacy-by-design across global gaming experiences. This hybrid role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and influence privacy strategy for millions of players worldwide.

About this job

Electronic Arts is seeking a passionate and collaborative Privacy Attorney to join its Legal Privacy team. This role involves shaping the future of safe, innovative, and player-first gaming experiences by designing and driving a global privacy program. You will embed privacy-by-design into products, strengthen player trust, and navigate a fast-changing regulatory landscape, reporting to the Senior Privacy Counsel.

Requirements

- Partner with the Privacy Team to design, implement, and continuously enhance a comprehensive global privacy program focused on risk assessment, control design, compliance monitoring, and long-term program evolution. - Advise on complex or high-risk privacy issues in game development, deployment, live services, marketing/ad-tech, marketplace/commerce tools, and player engagement features. - Act as the primary legal partner for central technology and engineering organizations, embedding privacy-by-design from concept through launch across shared platforms, back-end systems, cross-game infrastructure, and enterprise-wide internal tools. - Shape and refine internal privacy and data governance policies, playbooks, and practical guidance. - Deliver legal research and actionable advice on emerging global privacy regulations, while building subject-matter expertise on key laws and issues. - Guide vendor and partner privacy diligence, including third-party integrations such as SDKs, ad-tech, analytics, and cloud providers. - Contribute to incident response readiness and execution, including data breach investigations, regulator notifications, and player- and employee-facing communications. - Support responses to regulator inquiries, audits, and investigations, in collaboration with cross-functional partners. - Develop targeted training and awareness programs for studios, engineers, and business partners to reinforce privacy and data protection best practices. - Track organizational processes and internal controls, conduct effectiveness reviews, and complete documentation (such as PIAs/DPIAs, and RoPAs) to demonstrate compliance and drive continuous improvement. - J.D. with 5+ years of relevant legal experience. - Strong background in consumer privacy, data protection, and information governance, ideally with experience supporting digital product launches in the consumer technology, gaming, or entertainment industries. - Experience interpreting and advising on global privacy laws, including GDPR and U.S. state privacy laws, as well as other international frameworks. - Ability to bridge the gap between legal, technical, and design, with sufficient technical and UX fluency to partner effectively with engineers and designers in creating privacy-forward, player-facing experiences. - Knowledge of children's and age-appropriate design and compliance frameworks, along with at least a familiarity in online safety laws and requirements aimed at protecting minors. - Experience with technology transactions, including drafting and negotiating Data Processing Agreements (DPAs). - Understanding of incident response processes, including data breach preparedness and management. - Comfort with using AI tools to enhance individual and team productivity. - Interest in AI privacy and ethics, including responsible data use in emerging technologies. - Professional certifications such as CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, or AIGP preferred. - Background in computer science, engineering, or another technical discipline is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

- Paid time off (3 weeks per year to start in US, 3 weeks per year to start in Canada) - Sick time (80 hours per year in US, 10 days per year in Canada) - Paid company holidays (16 per year in US) - Paid time off to bond with baby (10 weeks in US, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary for 12 weeks maternity and 4 weeks parental/adoption leave in Canada) - Medical/dental/vision insurance (US and Canada) - Life insurance (US and Canada) - Disability insurance (US and Canada) - 401(k) (US) - Retirement plan (Canada) - Eligibility for bonus and equity (certain roles) - Healthcare coverage - Mental well-being support - Family leaves - Complimentary games

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