Marc Placzek

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PayPal

Vice President of Data Management and Privacy Oversight; Chief Privacy Officer

Marc Placzek is the Chief Privacy Officer at PayPal where he leads a global team that develops and operationalizes PayPal’s data governance and privacy program. Before assuming the role of Chief Privacy Officer, he played a pivotal role in the creation and expansion of PayPal’s international privacy program. Marc is passionate about leveraging the power of data and new technologies in a user friendly and regulatory compliant way. He is a lawyer and privacy compliance executive with a proven track record of Data Protection Officer appointments and Privacy Counsel roles in Europe and Asia Pacific. As a firm believer that data privacy and driving business goals through data is not mutually exclusive but rather complimentary, he works on the intersection of privacy and data governance to ensure the highest degree of data hygiene, ethical data use and compliance with international rules. He organizes and is a voting member of PayPal’s Privacy Business Advisory Group (BAG). He also is a member of the Enterprise Data Council and the Enterprise Risk Management Committee. Marc looks back on more than 15 years of legal and compliance experience with a focus on data and privacy. Prior to joining PayPal in 2016, Marc was a consultant at a privacy/data protection consultancy in Germany, advising global companies and rolling out privacy programs. He also worked as a Privacy Advisor in the legal department of the European Patent Office at its headquarters in Munich, Germany, and at an Australian law firm based in Sydney. Marc has a law degree from the University of Munich, Germany, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).

 

Contributions by Marc Placzek

  • Member of Research Advisory Board 2024 - 2025
  • From DPO to Data Ethics Officer: Don’t Fall Behind!
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2023
  • Wherefore Art Thou CPO? Evolving Roles in a Changing Landscape
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2023
  • From DPO to Data Ethics Officer: Don’t Fall Behind!
    Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: Deutschland 2023
  • Harnessing the Power of Metrics: Measuring and Reporting for Program Success
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • Privacy KPIs: Showing the Business Your Privacy Management is Effective
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2020 - Cancelled
  • Speaker at IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2020 - Cancelled
  • Privacy KPIs: Showing the Business Your Privacy Management Is Effective
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2019