Nikita A. Crowley

About Nikita A. Crowley

Nikita is an experienced product and privacy counsel at Meta specializing in global privacy laws and regulations. Leads the Risk Org Counseling team at Meta, providing critical privacy counsel to the central Risk Organization and subject matter expertise for the Meta Legal Org. Prior to joining, she counseled technology clients at premier law firms in the Bay Area, New York, and Australia, and completed an associateship (clerkship) in the Supreme Court of Queensland for Justice John Byrne SJA AO RFD. Nikita earned her Bachelor of Civil Laws, with Distinction, from the University of Oxford in 2013, and there, was awarded the Faculty of Law Prize for Intellectual Property Law. She completed her dual undergraduate degrees, LL.B. and B.A.(Political Science), at the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2011, and achieved First Class Honors in Law. Nikita is admitted to practice in Australia, and is a member of the California and New York State Bars.

Experience

1. Director and Associate General Counsel, Privacy

   Meta

   Jun 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Lead the Risk Org Counseling team at Meta, providing both critical privacy counsel to the central Risk Organization and subject matter expertise for the Meta Legal Org. My team specializes in a wide range of complex privacy areas, including data management (access, deletion, retention), data boundaries, data use, including transparency and global consent standards. Operate as both a leader of a team and a senior individual contributor, serving as a subject matter expert in sensitive personal data. I am experienced in advising legal, product, and risk executives on these high-stakes challenges.

Education

• University of Oxford

  Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)

  2012 — 2013

• The University of Queensland

  Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

  2006 — 2011

• The University of Queensland

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

  2006 — 2011