About the IAPP

Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. 

People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. 

Jyn is Facebook's Director for European privacy policy. 

Operating out of the company's international headquarter in Dublin, he serves as a point of contact and a reliable source of information for policymakers and other stakeholders who have questions about Facebook's privacy efforts. 

With a background as a former information technology lawyer in a major law firm, during his 15-year-career as an international data protection and privacy professional he held both operational and leadership responsibilities in various corporations, at last as Chief Privacy Officer of the Allianz Group, one of the world's biggest providers of insurance and financial services. 

Jyn also regularly speaks and publishes on privacy issues and serves on the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) European Advisory board.