Anna Paimela
Anna joined Folks in summer 2016. She has a broad experience in media and digital business law, having worked for a listed media company, most recently leading the group's data protection team. Anna has been involved in numerous digital business product and service development projects as a member of the digital leadership team, and has built group-wide GDPR talents, documentations and processes.
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Anna's areas of expertise include data protection, ICT and other commercial contracts, consumer protection and marketing law, employment law and media policy.
Relevant work experience and positions of trust:
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Legal Folks Ltd, Partner 2016 -
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Sanoma Plc, Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Privacy 2015-2016
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Sanoma Media Finland Ltd, Corporate Counsel & Senior Legal Counsel 2010-2015
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Hedman Partners Attorneys Ltd, Associate 2008-2009
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IAB Finland, Member of the Board 2021-2022, Chair of the Data Protection Working Party 2015-2021 and Member 2010-
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RadioMedia, Lead Policy Specialist 2021-
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Finnish Copyright Delegation, member 2023-2027
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Education:
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Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 2007
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Bachelor of Political Science, University of Helsinki 2009
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Certificate in English Law, Warwick University 2006
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Examples of Anna's projects:
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Assisted listed companies in digital and data transformation projects
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Provided GDPR training for hundreds of people with commendable feedback
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Led dozens of co-operation negotiation processes
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Drafted and negotiated hundreds of ICT and technology agreements
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Articles written by Anna:
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Digipalvelu- ja digimarkkinasäädös - tie helvettiin päällystetty hyvillä aikomuksilla?
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Traficomin uusi evästeohjeistus on asettamassa haasteita digimarkkinalle
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Mitä Fashion ID -ratkaisu merkitsee verkkosivuston julkaisijalle?
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EU:n ja Yhdysvaltojen välinen Privacy Shield -järjestely käyntiin
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Interviews:
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