About the IAPP

Volha Samasiuk is an attorney with over ten years of experience in providing counsel and managing legal affairs in the US and Europe. She has worked with in numerous sectors advising on national, multi-national, and global legal matters as both a consultant and in-house counsel. At Autodesk, Volha supports its global privacy program and advises across all aspects of global data protection laws, including cross-border data transfers, data analytics, marketing, and privacy issues in M&As. Previously, she worked as Senior Counsel and Privacy & Compliance Officer focusing on the implementation of a privacy compliance program for Wargaming, a video game company based in the EU with more than 20 offices worldwide. Volha volunteers for the American Bar Association’s privacy legislation working group and serves as a member of the IAPP Research Advisory Board (2020-2021). She is a frequent speaker and an author passionate about privacy, data protection, and ethical data use.