Paola Zeni

Director of Global Privacy, Ethics and Compliance, Symantec Corporation

Paola Zeni is a member of the Legal Department at Symantec, the fourth-largest independent software company in the world. In her role as Director of Global Privacy, Ethics and Compliance, she manages the Privacy Office and the Office of Ethics & Compliance, and supports Symantec businesses and functions with legal advice on global privacy and ethical issues. The mission of her team is to directly incorporate privacy into every product and process that touches personal information and to foster a culture of compliance that promotes integrity and the highest standards of ethical behavior at Symantec. Paola has spent her whole career in the high tech sector with a variety of responsibilities, and has been working on privacy issues for almost 15 years, first in Europe for HP and Agilent Technologies, and later in the US as Global Privacy Lead for Agilent. She has a Law Degree from the Catholic University of Milan and a LLM in US Law from the University of Santa Clara. She is member of the IAPP, has practiced in Italy, and is a member of the California Bar.