Strong, proactive privacy governance and technology strategy is vital to every business today. Our national team counsels clients on how to reduce or eliminate risk through rigorous review of policies that may pose privacy and security risks, as well advises on strategic acquisitions of technology.
We work with the key personnel who have responsibility for privacy and security and for technology infrastructure, including chief information and privacy officers, marketing team leaders, compliance officers, finance leaders and in-house legal teams. Our incident response experience and regulatory knowledge mean we are uniquely qualified to examine both internal and privacy governance policies. Our deep understanding of technology positions us to advise clients regarding the best practices for technology transactions, including negotiating agreements regarding cloud services and technology infrastructure as well as data ownership and other key issues that arise when companies do business together.
Regulatory Defense
We advise clients on how to develop and maintain consumer privacy programs. In addition, we help clients assess privacy impacts and employ privacy by design to balance commercial and consumer interests and to craft transparent, accurate and customer-friendly notices regarding data practices.
Our deep experience and relationships with state attorneys general and other regulatory officials allow us to deal efficiently with investigatory inquiries, often resulting in positive dispositions, including the conclusion of investigations without any charges being brought.
Our experience encompasses:
- California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state privacy laws.
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Attorney General privacy investigations related to data collection and use.
- Data localization and retention laws.
- The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
- Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA).
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act compliance.
- Federal Trade Commission matters.
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act. (FCRA).