Responsibilities
About the Team PDPO (Privacy and Data Protection Office) is the organization to lead, supervise, and empower all TikTok's privacy work in an accountable and industry leading way. You will join a global team driving privacy best practices across TikTok. Our focus involves ensuring compliance with global laws, regulations and the adoption of privacy best practices. In this role, you will drive multiple programs, in collaboration with colleagues around the world. You will partner with legal and technical teams to drive change across the organization. We are looking for talented individuals to join our PDPO team for an internship in 2025 to be based in San Jose. You will be involved in the critical process of ensuring that privacy commitments are validated, meaning we confirm that there is evidence and documentation to support what we promise to our users. Internships at TikTok aim to offer students industry exposure and hands-on experience. You will interact with Product/Engineering, Legal, Business, and will play a critical role in upholding the privacy rights of our users, ensuring the protection of their personal information, ensuring compliance with global privacy laws, and promoting the adoption of best practices. If you are passionate about privacy, data protection, and possess the expertise to assess and enhance our privacy practices, we invite you to join our team and contribute to our mission of maintaining the highest standard of data privacy and security. Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 12-week long internship period. Responsibilities: - Partner with departments and stakeholders to actively communicate and embed privacy commitments and practices throughout the organization. - Develop technical product requirements from privacy policies and guidance to guarantee organizational adherence to privacy commitments, laws, and regulations. - Conduct internal assessments to support risk identification, evaluation, governance, and improvement of privacy requirements. - Partner with Legal to raise awareness and implement privacy requirements across product, engineering, and business teams to mitigate complex risks. - Support the design and proof of concept building of dashboards, and utilities to support commitment team. - Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders on privacy risk findings and program-specific reporting.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related field. - Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2025. - Knowledge of a coding language such as C*, Go, or similar. - Basic Data analysis, profiling skills, SQL, and Python knowledge. - Understand quality assurance lifecycle from test planning, tast implementation , regression testing etc - Basic understanding of system architecture, privacy risks, principles and concepts. - Highly detail-oriented, with the ability to identify application, platform and system level risks. - Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize appropriately. Preferred Qualifications: - Prior experience in privacy, compliance, cybersecurity, auditing, consulting, technical program management or industry equivalent work experience. - Prior work on anonymization/pseudonymization/encryption technologies to protect user privacy in data processing activities. - Knowledge of privacy laws, regulations and industry best practices, including GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and HIPAA. - Understand the design ideas of distributed system architecture, including but not limited to service-oriented, asynchronous, highly available, scalable, etc; - Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and privacy practices. - Candidates must be currently enrolled in a degree program and expecting to graduate in December 2025 or later.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $35- $35.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok Accommodation
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
