Meaghan Henderson - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.4019

F 415.989.1663

mhenderson@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D.

Loyola Law School (2019)
B.A.

University of California, Santa Barbara (2015)

Practices

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Industries

Artificial Intelligence

Meaghan Henderson advises clients on a range of privacy matters, regulatory compliance, privacy considerations in business growth and development, data subject rights fulfillment, and the use of artificial intelligence, bringing the practical perspective of an in-house privacy leader. Her regulatory knowledge encompasses federal and state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), as well as significant global privacy laws such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the United Kingdom’s GDPR. She is certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E).

Before joining Coblentz, Meaghan served as Global Head of Privacy and Data Protection Officer (DPO) at iRobot Corporation. In that role, she designed, implemented, and led a comprehensive global privacy program, aligning compliance obligations with business objectives to foster innovation and ensure safe, data-driven decision-making. She developed a principle-based approach to privacy and risk acceptance using GDPR requirements as the backbone for a unified global framework. She has experience with all aspects of a comprehensive privacy program, including third party risk assessments, Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), data subject rights requests, privacy incident management, privacy-by-design, Privacy Policies and Notices, regulatory reporting, privacy training, cookie consent management, privacy-enhancing technologies, and privacy frameworks, such as ISO 27701.

Meaghan has extensive experience working with key business stakeholders to ensure executive support for privacy and compliance initiatives, ensuring regulatory adherence, risk mitigation, and driving effective privacy execution across the organization. She also has experience developing crucial AI Governance programs that support the investigation, use, and onboarding of AI tools and vendors to improve business processes, support consumer trust, and ensure global regulatory compliance.

Additionally, Meaghan worked in Trust & Safety Operations at Snap, Inc. and, before that, practiced at Law + Brandmeyer, LLP in southern California, focusing on insurance defense litigation. Throughout her career, Meaghan has continuously sought opportunities to deepen her privacy knowledge. Meaghan is passionate about privacy as a fundamental human right and to help her clients work through the new challenges of the ever-changing global privacy and AI regulatory landscape.

Meaghan is a member of the State Bar of California and the Privacy Law section of the California Lawyers Association. She also has been an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals for the past eight years.

Meaghan earned her J.D. from LMU Loyola Law School in 2019, where she participated in, and coached for, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Mediation Competition team. She received her B.A. in Philosophy, with an emphasis in Ethics and Public Policy, from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015.