Lauren Jones JD Cipp/Us
About Lauren Jones JD Cipp/Us
Lauren Jones is a Senior Privacy Counsel with extensive experience in privacy law and health IT. She holds a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University and has worked in various roles focusing on privacy compliance and policy analysis.
Work at Surescripts
Currently, Lauren Jones serves as Senior Privacy Counsel at Surescripts, a role she has held since 2021. In this position, she advises on privacy-related matters specifically within the health IT sector. Her responsibilities include ensuring compliance with privacy regulations and integrating privacy considerations into the ideation phase of health IT product development. This specialized role emphasizes the importance of privacy in the lifecycle of health technology products.
Previous Experience in Data Privacy
Before joining Surescripts, Lauren Jones worked at FINRA as Data Privacy & Protection Counsel for 10 months in 2020 to 2021. In this role, she focused on data privacy and protection issues. Additionally, she served as Team Lead for the Privacy Workforce Working Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from 2021 to 2022, where she contributed to the development of privacy standards and practices.
Education and Expertise
Lauren Jones earned her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law, completing her studies from 2006 to 2009. She also studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she achieved a degree in Public Policy with a focus on Health Policy from 1999 to 2003. Additionally, she attended the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health from 2004 to 2006, where she studied Core Public Health Concepts and obtained a certificate.
Background in Health Policy
Lauren Jones has a background in health policy, having worked as a Health Policy Analyst for the DC Government from 2012 to 2014. This role involved analyzing health policies and their implications within the Washington D.C. Metro Area. Her experience in health policy complements her legal expertise, particularly in the context of privacy and data protection in health IT.
Legal Career at McCarter & English, LLP
Prior to her roles in privacy and health policy, Lauren Jones was an Associate Attorney at McCarter & English, LLP from 2009 to 2012. During her three years at the firm located in Newark, New Jersey, she gained valuable legal experience that laid the foundation for her subsequent work in privacy law and health IT.