Privacy Counsel

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#Team Nextdoor Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com . Meet Your Future Neighbors The Counsel team is a close-knit and collaborative team that supports the entire Nextdoor community. Each member of our team brings individual opinions, perspectives and expertise, and we work together to ensure excellence and consistency in legal advice and counsel across the company and globally. We are reliable, trustworthy, and innovative in our support of Nextdoor's business goals, and Nextdoor's purpose of cultivating connected communities and a kinder world. At Nextdoor, we operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow. We aren't looking for prompt engineers; we're looking for people who use tools like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Glean to challenge their own thinking and take full ownership of AI-assisted outputs. We also offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees. This role is based in San Francisco. The Impact You'll Make As Privacy and Regulatory Compliance Counsel, you'll be responsible for analyzing current and developing laws that impact the Nextdoor platform and suite of products, developing practical and balanced compliance plans, and working cross-functionally with teams across the organization to put these plans into action. These laws cover a broad range of topics across all 11 jurisdictions in which we operate, including data privacy (GDPR, CPPA and similar US state privacy laws), AI, and online safety laws, including OSA and DSA. In addition, as part of the larger team, you'll assist with other compliance and product advising areas that come with a platform hosting user-generated content, including IP, digital marketing, anti-spam laws, and Section 230. You'll also assist with privacy and compliance related reviews, approvals, or responses to inquiries regarding our advertising and other products for businesses on Nextdoor. You may also interface with industry organizations, regulators, and legislators on Nextdoor's behalf to advance the Company's policy positions and support our business goals. Your responsibilities will include: Preparing risk assessments, DPIAs, PIAs, transparency reporting, privacy and security reporting, and other documentation Draft privacy and regulatory compliance reports necessary for various reporting requirements, internal and external Investigate and respond to legislative and regulatory inquiries Advise user-facing teams on processes for responding to user inquiries, prepare templates, and manage escalations Develop and implement compliance plans that address legal risks in practical and business-centric ways and work in close collaboration with our cross-functional partners to implement those plans Advise commercial teams on data governance matters, including DPAs, data transfer agreements, and required privacy terms for vendors, service providers, and subprocessors Maintain and update essential privacy documentation, such as data processing addenda, privacy policies, and intergroup/intragroup data transfer agreements, and data mapping, including annual terms updates Advise on and model use of AI in a responsible and effective manner, including evaluating and advising on risks but also exploring and finding appropriate uses of AI for productivity gains Keep abreast of applicable legislation and legal developments in all relevant jurisdictions, including working independently and in conjunction with our trade associations to keep abreast of changes and opportunities for strategic engagement with pending legislation and regulations Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises Build relationships with team members across the company and contribute to Nextdoor's culture And whatever else might come our way! We are a small legal team with fluid and flexible roles that allow for exploration and growth What You'll Bring To The Team Minimum of 4 years or experience in a law firm or in-house counsel role J.D. from a nationally recognized law school Active law license in any state in good standing Familiarity with data privacy, online content, online safety, moderation and other laws relevant to social media platforms, including GDPR, CCPA, VCDPA and other US state privacy laws Experience with responding to user, customer, and regulatory inquiries Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience communicating and

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