Tima Otu Anwana
Data Protection Specialist
Vienna
Summary
Motivated data protection and privacy enthusiast with over 3 years of experience in compliance and the implementation of data protection by design strategies. Committed to promoting a privacy-first approach within corporations and research projects. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational and communication skills, ready to help with the achievement of company goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Data Protection Consultant & Research Associate
University of Vienna
Vienna
2020.02 - Current
- Led international teams developing data protection and privacy processes to ensure compliance on various interdisciplinary EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe innovation projects.
- Execute data protection by design strategies through the implementation of data protection impact assessments, data management plans, data minimisation guidelines, anonymisation and pseudoniymisation policies.
- Achieve a 'privacy-first' approach through the formulation of compliance documents including privacy policies, terms of use and consent requests for data intermediation, eHealth and cloud platforms.
- Conduct legal reviews of privacy enhancing technologies and strategies for start-ups and SMEs.
- Develop organisational data protection policies/aggreements by formulating data processing agreements, joint controllership agreements, data license agreements, software license agreements and data sharing policies for EU and third-country data transfers.
- Manage communications with data subjects and requests for access, rectification and erasure of personal data.
- Develop and conduct GDPR and ethics workshops for software developers, engineers and clinicians.
- Conduct research on international data protection laws and legal developments in Europe, USA, Africa and the Middle East. Present findings at conferences and international events.
- Conduct lectures on data protection law with undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Vienna and FH University.
Legal Trainee
ACAS Law
Lagos
2018.02 - 2018.07
- Assisted on cases as a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Department.
- Responsible for legal research, drafting applications and filing works of authorship, trademarks, service marks and trade names.
- Drafted, received and tracked due diligence checklists.
- Attended court hearings and depositions to take notes and document proceedings.
Legal Trainee
UCT Legal Clnic
Cape Twon
2017.01 - 2017.12
- Managed cases involving legal aid clients and conducted means test assessments.
- Drafted legal documents including summons, notice of motions and affidavits.
- Summarized deposition transcripts and case materials for senior review.
Education
PHD - LAW
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
Vienna, Austria 2021.01 - Current
LL.M - International Business Law
Tilburg University
Tilburg, Netherlands 2018.08 - 2019.05
LLB - Bachelors of Law
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa 2014.01 - 2018.05
Certification
SheCodes Coding Course - HTML, CSS, Java Script and VS Code.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- "What about the Creators? Legal Issues Faced by Content Creators on the Platform OnlyFans", Juridicum Zeitschrift, 2022.
- "Enhancing the Entrepreneurship Framework in South Africa", International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2020.
- Speaker: "Rethinking Sensitive Data", MozFest, Mozilla Foundation 2023.
- Moderator: "Regulating AI in Health Research and Innovation", CPDP Conference 2022.
- Moderator: "Breakfast with Microsoft Event", University of Vienna 2022.
- Lecturer: "Introduction to Data Protection Law" at FH Campus Wien and University of Vienna.
- Cohost: "Questionable Tech", a project which leverages social media to disseminate content on technology, data protection and legal developments.
References
Catherine Altobelli
Product Manager - Data Protection, Dynatrace
catherine.altobelli@dynatrace.com
Emily Johnson
Data Privacy Manager, Deel
emilyeugeniejohnson@gmail.com
Nikolaus Forgo
Head of Department, University of Vienna - Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law
nikolaus.forgo@univie.ac.at
Timeline
PHD - LAW
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
2021.01 - Current
Data Protection Consultant & Research Associate
University of Vienna
2020.02 - Current
LL.M - International Business Law
Tilburg University
2018.08 - 2019.05
Legal Trainee
ACAS Law
2018.02 - 2018.07
Legal Trainee
UCT Legal Clnic
2017.01 - 2017.12
LLB - Bachelors of Law
University of Cape Town
2014.01 - 2018.05
SheCodes Coding Course - HTML, CSS, Java Script and VS Code.
CIPP/E
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