Advokatfirmaet Hjort

GDPR | Privacy Law | Corporate Investigations

Sunniva Jacobsen Øyen advises Norwegian and international clients on privacy, employment law, and compliance matters. Her GDPR practice covers implementation and compliance across the financial, research, and marketing sectors, including issues related to control measures, CCTV, email inspections, and personal data processing in whistleblowing cases and investigations. A secondment to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority gives her a practical understanding of how the regulatory authority approaches these issues — a perspective she brings directly to client work.

Sunniva also advises on sustainability compliance, including the Transparency Act and adaptation to EU frameworks such as CSRD and CSDDD. She previously served as committee secretary for the government-appointed Transparency Committee, where her work spanned freedom of speech, privacy, media law, and employment-related confidentiality issues.

2024 Managing Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort

2022 Senior Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort

2019 Associate, Advokatfirmaet Hjort

2018  Committee Secretary, Ministry of Health and Care Services (HOD)

2017 Intern, Norway's delegation to the Council of Europe

2016 Senior Executive Officer, The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration

2013 Student worker, Advokatfirmaet Wiegaard

Norwegian, English

The Norwegian Bar Association

2017  Master of Laws, University of Oslo

2012 Intensive year-study French language Course, The University of Oslo

2009 Bachelor in Philosophy, The University of Oslo