Jenn Costa has been a privacy professional for nearly 15 years and leverages her experience as general counsel for a publicly traded retailer to advise clients on a wide range of privacy issues, including board responsibility for oversight of cyber risk. She has handled the response to hundreds of data breaches involving a variety of different industries and for clients ranging from small to very large, including multinational public corporations.
Efficient and practical, Jenn has a thorough understanding of the client mentality when it comes to creating and abiding by data privacy programs, and skillfully balances regulatory compliance with her clients’ business goals. Drawing from her experience as a public company general counsel, Jenn works with clients to construct privacy programs and incident response plans for their businesses. Having developed and led privacy and incident response for national retailers, she has extensive experience advising boards, creating risk impact assessments and providing strategic advice to minimize risk. Through the development and management of these privacy programs, she worked closely with technology professionals and business stakeholders on the implementation of new ecommerce point of sale systems and payment gateways.