About Alison Schaffer

Alison Schaffer Bloom is Legal and Regulatory Counsel at the Jump Trading Group in Chicago. Alison works extensively in the areas of trading, technology, human resources, venture capital, and data protection and privacy. Specifically, Alison leads GDPR implementation and data protection and privacy application for all of the Jump Trading Group’s business lines. Alison graduated from Northwestern University with Honors in Legal Studies and Communication Studies and a Certificate in Service Learning and attained a Masters in Education while a Teach For America corps member in New York. Alison obtained her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was an avid member of the Trial Team. She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and looks forward to completing her CIPP-E certification.