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Stephen Bolinger — privacy maven, technology enthusiast, and coffee savant — oversees TeleSign’s global privacy program. CIPP certified since 2007, Bolinger is responsible for data protection, product guidance and legal counsel. He draws on significant experience in this area, including seven years as a key participant in the development and implementation of Microsoft’s privacy and data protection strategy for cloud computing.

Before joining TeleSign, Bolinger provided privacy and data protection guidance for Microsoft’s operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as EMEA Privacy Attorney. This included compliance advice for Microsoft’s subsidiaries across the region on topics such as marketing privacy, data subject access requests, and employment privacy. He also supported key negotiations for Microsoft’s cloud services by addressing data protection issues relating to cloud computing, and participated in policy work with privacy advocates, regulators, and legislators.

Prior to this, Bolinger was Commercial Attorney with Microsoft, supporting their consumer businesses in the UK on a broad range of topics. He also acted as Microsoft’s privacy subject matter expert, providing guidance on local compliance, as well as contributing to the company’s local and regional responses to enquiries from data protection regulators and other policy engagement.

Bolinger’s first role in law with Microsoft was as Privacy Attorney/Compliance Manager, when he advised the company’s Server and Tools Division’s software and services development organizations on privacy and data protection issues throughout the development lifecycle.

Prior to undertaking a career in law, Bolinger spent ten years in technical roles in network and systems engineering. Originally Director, Network Operations for FrontBridge Technologies, where he architected and oversaw the operation of global network operations, he continued as Manager of Systems Engineering for Microsoft after its acquisition of FrontBridge, before becoming Senior Developer, Exchange Hosted Services.

Bolinger is admitted to practice law in California and Washington, and received his LLM in Computer and Communications Law, with Merit, at Queen Mary University of London.