Privacy & Cybersecurity

We help our clients manage the risks associated with the collection, use and disclosure of electronically stored information, including employee information and data collected by and generated by your software.

We guide our clients through the need to comply with the numerous and sometimes seemingly contradictory rules and regulations regarding privacy laws, information security best practices and audits while driving sales and managing HR concerns. Our technology clients collect and process large sets of personal data in a wide variety of emerging industries, including machine learning for business automation, mobile apps for mental health and cloud software for talent recruiting.

We regularly counsel our clients on these types of  matters to ensure compliance with privacy laws and regulations and speed sales closings:

• Documenting compliance with the GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and other privacy regimes
• Documenting cyber security and information security practices, which are the backbone of your privacy compliance program
• Negotiating cyber security and information security measures required by Fortune 500 customers
• Reviewing and negotiating Data Processing Agreements which have become an important step in the tech transaction sales cycle
• Developing privacy notices to accurately describe how your business collects and uses personal data on your website and in your product offerings
• Advising on information retention and destruction requirements, information sharing, and information disclosure
• Advising on employee personal data privacy rights

Attorney Patricia Wyrod is a data privacy professional certified in EU/GDPR data privacy compliance by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She also is an assistance clinical professor with Michigan Law School, focusing on data privacy and cyber security.