CYBER SECURITY
Data privacy and cybersecurity is near the top of the list of risks that keep professionals in the global defence and security sector awake at night. A data breach—or a cyber attack—are serious problems for virtually any business. But in the defence industry, they can be catastrophic.
Our team of more than 40 lawyers regularly provides privacy and cyber security legal counsel to clients in the day-to-day privacy and cyber security issues affecting their businesses, and we also are trusted advisers should larger issues arise.
team members
are Certified Information Privacy Professionals by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
Ranked for data protection in Chambers and Partners (UK)
CORE SERVICES
- Regulatory compliance and strategy. We help clients identify and meet state, federal and international privacy regulations. The scope of our compliance practice includes data privacy, cybersecurity, marketing and advertising, international data transfers, and internet and telecommunications. We provide guidance to clients on the EU GDPR and UK GDPR, as well as CCPA, CPRA, HIPAA, COPPA, FERPA, TCPA, and FCC compliance and privacy obligations, along with other state and federal privacy, security, and data breach laws
- Risk mitigation and data optimisation. We work to minimise legal and contractual exposure associated with these cybersecurity, data privacy and marketing restrictions and also help clients optimise data strategies and assist with IP licensing and data transactions
- Government investigations. We help clients manage responses to regulatory or criminal inquiries
- Data breach planning and response. We work with company leaders to craft response plans and train team members to respond to data breaches and other privacy-related crises. We also act as breach coach to entities suffering from data exposure incidents, ransomware attacks, wire fraud and/or other cyberattacks involving technology
- Data privacy and security disputes. We protect our clients’ interests in court or before government agencies. We also advise clients on internet marketing, brand protection and complex domain name disputes
- Transactional data contracting and diligence. We analyse data use limitations and information protection in contracts and M&A diligence reviews
- Digital marketing and advertising compliance. We guide companies on social media issues, including use of influencers, text messaging, targeted advertising, giveaways, and sweepstakes.
