The frictionless flow of information is a defining feature of today’s information economy. Your organization’s ability to transfer customer data, employee files, financial records, and other information around the country or the globe quickly and cheaply has opened a world of new opportunities. Privacy laws vary by jurisdiction and are interpreted unpredictably, and even if your business is extremely conscientious, it can make a false step as it captures, uses, transfers, and discloses personal information. The consequences can be serious and even devastating — heavy fines, injunctions, government audits, even criminal liability and damaging media attention.
Our practice, ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers Global, draws upon broad experiences related to technology, health, communications, antitrust, competition, and consumer protection to counsel clients on a day-to-day basis regarding their privacy and data security policies. We have assisted our clients with the formulation and implementation of policies and best practices for information management that are compliant with the changing and growing body of international, federal, and state privacy statutes.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Privacy & Security Practice Group at Mintz Levin
- Big Brother is Watching You (Shop For Pants): Mobile Analytics Firms Implement Code of Conduct for Tracking Customers While They Shop - (Posted On Friday, November 08, 2013)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Opens 45-Day Comment Period on Cybersecurity Framework - (Posted On Thursday, November 07, 2013)
- Privacy Monday: October 28, 2103 — National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity “Framework” Published for Comment - (Posted On Tuesday, October 29, 2013)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Publishes Preliminary Federal Cybersecurity “Framework” for Comment - (Posted On Thursday, October 24, 2013)
- Another Major Medical Data Breach in California - (Posted On Thursday, October 24, 2013)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the “Internet of Things”: Franchisor on the Hook - (Posted On Wednesday, October 23, 2013)
- Consent Isn’t the Only Consideration: NY Comic Con Attendees Disagree that Hijacking Twitter Accounts Makes the Event “100x cooler! For realz.” - (Posted On Friday, October 18, 2013)
- Senator Markey Back in the Privacy Hunt: Google’s New Terms of Service Prompt Letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - (Posted On Wednesday, October 16, 2013)
- Reminder: October 16 Is the Effective Date for the FCC’s Written Consent Rule for Prerecorded Telemarketing Calls and Autodialed Telemarketing to Cellphones - (Posted On Thursday, October 03, 2013)
- Google Must Face Most Claims in Keyword Wiretap Class Action - (Posted On Saturday, September 28, 2013)
The Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has been named a Go-To Thought Leader in 2022 by the National Law Review. Mintz’s Cybersecurity practice group wrote extensively on data privacy litigation topics in 2022 –notably on Facebook’s recent data breach settlement, read by more than 14,000 industry professionals. Mintz’s Cybersecurity and Privacy team also analyzed FTC-Drizly data breach settlement, and the Log4j vulnerability, which provided useful and timely insight on this quickly evolving and critical area of law.