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🍪 Privacy Notice This website uses cookies to improve your web experience. By using the site, you agree to the use of cookies. dismiss Senior Privacy Counsel London, United KingdomPeople & Culture - Europe – Legal Counsel - Europe /Hybrid APPLY FOR THIS JOB WHO WE ARE At Trustly, we're building a smarter, faster, and more secure financial future by revolutionizing the world of payments. As a global leader in Open Banking Payments, we are establishing Pay by Bank as the new standard at checkout, providing unparalleled freedom, speed, and ease to millions of consumers and merchants worldwide. Our Ambition: To build the world’s most disruptive payment network and redefine what the payment experience should feel like. Trustly is a global team of innovators, collaborators, and doers.  If you are driven by a strong sense of purpose and thrive in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and high-growth environment, join us and be part of a team that’s transforming the way the world pays. ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking an experienced Senior Privacy Counsel with a FinTech background to join our global Legal, Regulatory & Compliance team. Reporting to the Global Head of Privacy & DPO, you will serve as Trustly's specialist privacy adviser for the UK region, working as a subject matter expert to provide specialist guidance on complex privacy matters. This role requires deep expertise in UK and EU privacy laws and regulations, and proven experience navigating complex consumer-facing technology environments in FinTech companies. You will be part of Trustly's global Privacy & DPO team, leading the development and implementation of privacy strategies tailored to the UK region. You will be an exceptional strategic thinker and pragmatic adviser with practical problem-solving abilities, who thrives on providing specialist privacy expertise to support Product Counsel and the wider legal team in navigating the complex and rapidly evolving privacy landscape. What you'll do Work closely with Product Counsel across the EU and UK region, serving as the specialist privacy adviser on complex privacy matters, regulatory queries, and high-risk data processing activities. Develop and execute Trustly's privacy and data protection strategy for the EU and UK region, ensuring compliance with GDPR, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, ePrivacy Directive, and national data protection laws across EU member states. Provide specialist, in-depth privacy advice, ensuring complex privacy issues are resolved effectively. In collaboration with the wider Privacy & DPO Team, implement and adapt Trustly's global privacy framework to ensure compliance with EU and UK requirements. Conduct and oversee privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) for new products, services, features, and business initiatives. Provide specialist privacy by design guidance to Product Counsel for embedding into product and engineering workstreams as required. Manage data subject rights requests and handle data disclosure requests from law enforcement authorities, ensuring timely and compliant responses. Lead privacy breach preparedness and incident response efforts for the EU and UK region, including developing incident response plans, coordinating breach investigations, and managing regulatory notifications. Monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting privacy and data protection in the EU and UK, providing timely analysis and recommendations to senior leadership. In collaboration with the Global DPO, manage engagements with privacy regulators in the EU and UK, including the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), European Data Protection Board (EDPB), and national data protection authorities across EU member states. Collaborate closely with the global Privacy & DPO team to ensure alignment on privacy strategies, share best practices, and coordinate cross-regional privacy initiatives. Develop and maintain privacy documentation, including d ... (truncated, view full listing at source)