Legal Counsel (Privacy and Data Protection)

2 Months ago • 3-8 Years
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Legal Counsel specializing in Privacy and Data Protection with 3-8 years PQE, expertise in SG data privacy laws, strong communication skills, and prior gaming/TMT experience.

Who Are We?

HoYoverse is committed to providing immersive virtual world experiences to players around the world. We have brought fans popular games including Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and Zenless Zone Zero, as well as a wide range of entertainment content.

Community is at the heart of everything we do. We are devoted to engaging fans and fostering an enthusiastic and inclusive global community that provides access and encouragement for people to share their passion for ACG (Animation, Comics, and Games) through their own creativity and skills.

Pushing the boundaries of imagination, we consistently explore cutting-edge game development technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cel shading, cloud gaming, and other fields.

In the future, we will continue to expand our content production, technology research, and publishing duties through operations in offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

When you apply to a position with HoYoverse, we will process your personal data. To learn more about how we process your data, we encourage you to review our comprehensive Global Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. This policy provides detailed insights into how your information is collected, used, and protected throughout the application process.

What You Will Do:

  • Develop and implement data protection and privacy policies and programs to ensure compliance with the applicable data privacy laws and regulations
  • Provide privacy support to new product launches and initiatives
  • Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments to embed privacy requirements in new scenarios and processes following the principles of “Privacy by Design”
  • Manage and follow up with Data Privacy matters, to enable successful navigation and compliance with company policies and applicable Data Privacy laws
  • Execute data governance policies and initiatives such as data mapping, data quality and data sharing
  • End to end track and manage data access and data subject requests in coordination across business functions
  • Keep up-to-date on current and emerging trends and changes in legislation within the area of Data Privacy and applicability to the organization
  • Compile and update an organized record of all compliance activities and maintain constant reporting
  • Design and implement appropriate training & awareness activities to secure policy adherence and awareness
  • Lead or participate other projects within or across departments

What We Are Looking For:

  • Education: Bachelor degree or above 
  • Experience
    • Common law or EU (any EU jurisdiction) qualified lawyer with at least 3-8 years PQE, including at a law firm or in-house experiences
    • Familiar with data privacy laws and regulations in SG, experience in a data privacy compliance program
    • Good communication skills, excelled in interacting with external parties as well as internal parties
    • Prior experience in gaming or TMT industry preferred
  • Qualifications 
    • CIPP/E, CIPP/US and CIPM certifications are preferred but not mandatory
    • Excellent written and spoken English
    • Proficiency in Chinese is preferred but not mandatory

We are an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds are key to bringing our concepts to life. If you're looking to play a key role in creating the best immersive virtual world experience for our users, we invite you to join our team.

About The Company

At HoYoverse, we are committed to creating immersive virtual world experiences for players around the world. In addition to game products such as "Genshin Impact," "Honkai Impact 3rd," "Tears of Themis," and "Honkai: Star Rail," HoYoverse also launched the dynamic desktop software "N0va Desktop," the community product "HoYoLAB," and created a variety of products such as animations, comics, music, novels, and merchandise around our original Creative Concept.


Adhering to our mission of "Tech Otakus Save the World," we have always been committed to technology research and development, exploring cutting-edge technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cartoon rendering, artificial intelligence, cloud gaming technology, and other fields.


HoYoverse is actively engaged in globalization, with offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

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