Robinson Bradshaw was one of the first to identify privacy as a specific area of practice. Since the earliest days of privacy’s emergence as major legal concern, we have monitored, and advised clients about, privacy law developments at the state, federal, and international levels - all of which may apply to routine business activity in the age of the Internet. We have been involved in matters that address every aspect of privacy, including: the rapidly evolving law of data protection and destruction; privacy obligations on websites and in internet commerce; the new federal Red Flags Rule and other laws and regulations dealing with credit transactions; the privacy rules that govern financial institutions; privacy law in the health care sector, including HIPAA; GINA and other genetic privacy provisions; the regulations that apply to scientific research; COPPA and other privacy laws that pertain to children; privacy issues in the employment area; and compliance with foreign and international privacy law, in the European Union and beyond. Our attorneys are widely recognized for their experience, and are regularly invited to speak on privacy topics to professional audiences in this country and abroad.
Our specific services to clients have included:
- Drafting and implementing privacy policies for use in electronic commerce
- Designing programs for data protection and destruction
- Assisting clients in understanding and complying with the new federal Red Flags credit regulation
- Assisting health care providers with HIPAA compliance
- Drafting an informed consent protocol for a major genetic research project
- Advising clients on privacy obligations in the direct-to-consumer genetics field
- Drafting COPPA-compliant privacy programs for websites that may be visited by children
- Advising clients that do business internationally on compliance with European Union data protection and data transfer law
- Designing e-mail and internet privacy policies for employers, and assisting both employers and employees with the resolution of workplace privacy disputes