Privacy Paralegal

To support the vision and mission of the Global Privacy Department with responsibilities as described below.  Our vision is to deepen digital trust with clients, customers, prospects, suppliers, third parties and staff and to create a culture of data confidence across the company that enhances its global reputation. Our mission is to empower colleagues to deliver outstanding care, education and family solutions by protecting business continuity, managing data privacy risks and using technology solutions to achieve our objectives and goals.

This is a Remote position available in the United States.

Bright Horizons is trusted by families and employers around the world for high-quality child care and early education, back-up care, and workplace education. We partner with some of the world’s best companies to provide services that help employees perform their best and support families to thrive both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities:

Administrative:

• Participating in internal and external privacy compliance governance and project meetings, including preparing minutes, formal records and tracking follow up actions as appropriate
• Managing internal tracking systems, databases and reporting requirements for the Privacy Department
• Supporting the Privacy Department to develop best practice in privacy across the business
• Overseeing department’s email box ensuring there is cover, responding to emails in timely manner, allocating appropriate support to respond and following up as applicable
• Processing invoices

Data Subject Requests:

• Managing the Privacy Department’s data subject rights requests including: 
  • processing rights requests on receipt to ensure compliance with relevant deadlines
  • liaising with internal stakeholders to enable response to rights request to be prepared on behalf of the business including the collation of data
  • preparing and sending responses to rights requests including application of relevant exemptions and escalation to Privacy Counsel for advice where appropriate in accordance with process
  • developing and updating OneTrust platform to ensure reflects flow chart for processing data subject requests
• Maintaining current knowledge of applicable global privacy rules and guidance for data subject requests and implementing any legal changes into practice

Incidents:

• Managing the Privacy Department’s privacy incident process including:
  • completing initial assessment of potential privacy implications 
  • acting as a central point of contact to co-ordinate the investigation of privacy incidents
  • ensuring remediation and follow up actions are completed and documented

Data Protection Impact Assessments/Records of Processing Activities/Data Protection Agreements

• Implementing the workflow through to completion for the documentation of processing activities, data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) and data protection agreements.

Policies and Procedures

• Supporting the administration and implementation of all Privacy related policies, procedures, practices and frameworks as requested
• Keeping all privacy-related processes and associated policies up-to-date and easily accessible to the business

Privacy Management Platform:

• Learning and keeping up to date on department’s privacy management platform, which is currently OneTrust

Other Duties:

• Dealing with ad hoc activities as assigned by members of the Privacy Department and any other duties commensurate with the role

Minimum Job Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ experience working as a paralegal
• Strong working legal knowledge of data subject rights under DPA, GDPR, CCPA
• Experience managing with sole responsibility data subject access requests within an organization, including making legal determinations on processing requirements
• Manage large workloads and execute plans from implementation to completion, including managing delivery by colleagues
• Delivering high quality and efficient service, taking account of the diverse customer needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality

Additional Job Requirements

At this time, Bright Horizons will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization/visa for this position.

The annual salary for this position is between $60,000 – 70,000 annually. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.

Benefits:

Bright Horizons offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

· Medical, dental, and vision insurance

· 401(k) retirement plan

· Life insurance

· Long-term and short-term disability insurance

Deadline to Apply:

This posting is anticipated to remain open until 7/18/2025.

Our people are the heart of our company. Because we’re as committed to our own employees as we are to the children, families, and clients we serve, our collaborative workplaces are designed to grow careers and support personal lives. Come build a brighter future with us.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or [email protected]. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.