Locke Lord LLP offers multi-disciplinary experience to our clients in the insurance industry and their insureds in privacy and data security matters. Our services include:
– Creation of policies and procedures
– Compliance program implementation
– Cyber risk governance
– Data breach management and incident preparedness and response, including tabletop and other testing exercises
– Data transfer
– Cyber insurance wordings and coverage (only on behalf of insurers)
– Data protection and related litigation, especially in large breaches and those with multi-national issues
We advise clients in the insurance industry in identifying and evaluating privacy and data security-related exposures to help them develop products to address the related risks. We are a leader in developing the law, on a global basis, in the emerging field of identity management and online authentication. We advise financial institutions, energy companies, governmental entities and others, including in compliance as well as enterprise cloud and other contractual arrangements. We have experience in litigation related to privacy and data security issues, including class action defense. The Firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity group combines litigation, IP, e-commerce, insurance and compliance perspectives from lawyers through our global platform. Our multi-national presence and active participation in a world-wide network of law firms allows us to assist clients with multi-jurisdictional privacy, data security, breach and compliance problems, including those involving U.S., UK, EU and Asia. Our Firm is a corporate member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and several members of our Privacy & Cybersecurity group are Certified Information Privacy Professionals (CIPP/US).
