Sameena Habib, CIPP/E, CIPP/US

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Gilead Sciences, Inc

Senior Counsel II, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Information Governance

Sameena Habib is Senior Counsel II, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Information Governance at Gilead Sciences, where she is part of a team leading global data privacy compliance and counseling. Sameena previously served as Senior Corporate Counsel & Director for Data Privacy, Security & IP at Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC), a Panasonic Corporation company, focused on global in-flight entertainment. In her role, Sameena was responsible for establishing and growing a robust legal privacy compliance and counseling program and also provided privacy guidance to Panasonic North America and Panasonic Corporation. She partnered extensively with commercial, marketing, advertising, HR, procurement and other business and security departments to drive privacy by design and default principles across the company. In her role, she drafted company policies aligned with the latest privacy regulations, including the GDPR, CCPA, and equivalent legislation around the world.

Prior to working in-house, Sameena worked at leading law firms in Seattle, WA. She attended Stanford University for her bachelor’s degree, graduating with Honors, and earned her law degree from University of California, Davis School of Law.



Sameena’s recent speaking engagements include:



• “Professional and Personal Data Governance: Before, During and After Covid-19,” Corporate Counsel Business Journal, October 2020

• “Data Privacy Law Basics & Updates: CPRA, Schrems II, and Biometrics,” Panasonic North America, Product Security Incident Response Conference, September 2020

• “Data Privacy as a Competitive Advantage,” Panasonic North America, Product Security Incident Response Conference, December 2019



 

Contributions by Sameena Habib

  • CPRA Comprehensive
    Forum Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2021