Data and Technology - Legal Privacy Intern (Summer 2026)
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
Available Locations: Washington D.C.
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Ensuring the privacy of personal information is core to Cloudflare’s mission to help build a better Internet. Our legal team helps the company deal with complex matters by anticipating regulatory changes, and guiding the company around the complications and distractions that arise from such obstacles. Our Legal Privacy intern will help foster our unique corporate philosophy and approach, in which the security and privacy of our customers’ data are paramount.
About the internship program
The ideal Legal Privacy intern is passionate about making the Internet a better place. You will work alongside experienced legal team members to partner with them in developing legal resources and supporting legal initiatives that help improve Cloudflare’s privacy and data compliance posture. We are looking for interns who are curious, proactive, and interested in devising innovative and elegant solutions to complicated privacy legal challenges.
What you’ll do
- Research and advise on privacy developments and data protection laws impacting global technology companies and work collaboratively across multiple functions to assess the impact of such laws and developments on Cloudflare’s business
- Help develop resources such as policies, processes, and playbooks for global privacy and data protection compliance, including the following topic areas:
- Data breach notification requirements
- Critical infrastructure requirements
- Data localization and sovereignty requirements
- Public sector IT service provider certifications
- Privacy biometric compliance
- Marketing privacy requirements
- HR/employment privacy compliance
- Interact with engineers and product subject matter experts on legal privacy and infrastructure topics that impact the development and operation of Cloudflare products
- Contribute to blogs, white papers, and marketing materials on Cloudflare’s privacy and data protection posture and key privacy issues and features
- Help advise on the privacy aspects of Cloudflare’s marketing strategy, including analysis under consumer protection laws like the U.S. CAN-SPAM law and the EU’s ePrivacy Directive.
- Support legal privacy counsel in coordinating and advising on Cloudflare’s response to privacy and infrastructure incidents
- Contribute to comments on pending legislation relating to privacy, data protection, and critical infrastructure in the EU and United States
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Basic understanding of major global and regional privacy laws, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and U.S. state comprehensive privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
- Familiarity with fundamental concepts like Privacy by Design (PbD), Data Minimization, Purpose Limitation, and lawful bases for processing personal data
- Ability to efficiently use legal databases and translate them to simple digestible language.
- Experience working in IT environments and applying legal requirements to complicated technical systems and products
- Strong organizational, communication skills (written and verbal), problem-solving skills. Attention to detail
- Understanding how to use AI legal research tools effectively and leverage them to perform day-to-day tasks.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills and drive to learn and adapt new technologies.
- Curiosity, empathy and ability to get things done.
- Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.
- In the office 3-5 days a week in the Washington D.C. office
Compensation
- Estimated hourly pay of $24/hour.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion
- Woman founded/led