Nicholas Apruzzi, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP

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Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, Privacy

 

Nicholas Apruzzi, Director, Compliance & Global Privacy

Merck & Co., Inc.



Nicholas Apruzzi is the Director, Compliance & Global Privacy at Merck (operating as MSD outside of the United States and Canada), responsible for providing privacy support for research and human resources activities across the enterprise and for providing compliance support to Merck Animal Health research and pharmacovigilance activities.  He is one of Merck’s Board Members to the International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium (IPPC).  Prior to joining Merck, he worked in legal and clinical research roles at Schering-Plough, Control Services Group and PRA International, as well as the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC.  He started his career as a Legal Editor for the late Dr. Alan Westin's newsletter Privacy & American Business.

 

Nicholas graduated from The Citadel with a BA in Political Science, Georgetown University with a MA in National Security, Rutgers-Newark University School of Law with a JD and Seton Hall University School of Law with a Certificate in Healthcare Compliance.  He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – Canada, Europe and US, Certified Information Privacy Technologist and Certified Information Privacy Manager.