About the IAPP

Dr. Arianne T. Jimenez is the Meta Head of Privacy & Data Policy, Engagement, for the Asia Pacific, and has been part of the company’s global Privacy and Data Policy Team since 2018. She’s responsible for helping drive Meta’s strategy and engagement in the region on privacy and emerging tech policy. She is also involved in regulatory engagement, evaluating and responding to legislative and regulatory developments around privacy and emerging technologies, providing advice on product and policy development, and building initiatives focused on privacy and emerging technologies, including AI. 

She brings both an academic and industry perspective, having specialized in privacy law for her Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) degree, which she obtained from the University of California – Berkeley School of Law. Her doctoral dissertation was on Working Towards a Data Protection Soft Law Framework for the ASEAN Region. She obtained her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the same institution, where she obtained a Certificate of Specialization in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. During her time in Berkeley, she was also a Graduate Tutor and a Research Assistant, focusing her efforts on legal research and writing, and US privacy.

During her legal career in the Philippines, from which she hails, she clerked for a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, worked as Legal Counsel and Data Protection Officer for a tech company, and taught law subjects at De La Salle University. She’s also published articles on intellectual property law and cyberlaw.