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Venable offers full-service solutions to everything from routine to novel
privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Our team brings to bear significant
experience and industry knowledge to help clients satisfy data privacy and
security laws and maximize their business potential.

Fully immersed in all aspects of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information
governance, Venable is unique among privacy and cybersecurity practices. We
participate in legislative advocacy, rulemakings, and development of new legal
standards. Our team advises organizations with regard to industry best practices
and drafting codes of conduct and standards, helping them stay compliant with
federal, state, international, and self-regulatory requirements. We provide
proactive counseling to guide clients through the potential risks and
liabilities associated with corporate transactions. And if government
enforcement actions or litigation arise, Venable vigorously defends our clients,
mounting challenges to agency regulations and litigating privacy issues and
class-action lawsuits.

We strengthen the integrity of our client’s data, ecommerce security, and
customer or user records; develop internal data collection and use practices;
and ensure the creation of sound privacy policies and procedures. We shepherd
clients through data-security incidents, and privacy and consumer protection
matters, and represent them in connection with corresponding litigation and
government enforcement actions. We build and lead coalitions and self-regulatory
efforts, and represent leading trade associations in the space.

Our dexterity makes us a powerful ally in the responsible use of data, giving
our clients the confidence to innovate and achieve their objectives while
providing consumers and customers with products and services they value.

Venable has the oldest and deepest privacy practice in the country, with
extensive experience in an array of industries, including advertising,
automotive, banking and consumer finance, communications, emerging technologies,
hospitality, information services, Internet, marketing, media, and retail, among
others. As part of our role as strategic advisors, our coalition-building has
placed us at the center of privacy, data security, and cybersecurity policy.

Our team is engaged in both policy creation and the provision of legal services
through our representation of companies in high-stakes investigations and
litigation. Venable attorneys regularly interact with key government officials
to stay abreast of legal and regulatory developments, and collaborate with
congressional offices and agencies in the development and evolution of laws and
regulations. This experience makes us uniquely suited to offer strategic counsel
and representation when compliance is questioned. We have defended clients
against regulatory and congressional enforcement scrutiny and challenged agency
regulations, as well as handled state inquiries, privacy class action lawsuits,
and crisis management situations. Our team has also counseled multiple clients
on their incident response plans, vendor due diligence process, privacy and data
security governance and reporting structure, and other elements of their
cybersecurity infrastructure.



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RELATED SERVICES

 * Advertising and Marketing
 * Financial Services
 * Hospitality
 * Privacy Class Action Defense
 * Technology, Media, and Commercial

 * Cybersecurity Services
 * Healthcare
 * Legislative and Government Affairs
 * Regulatory

 * Advertising and Marketing
 * Cybersecurity Services
 * Financial Services
 * Healthcare
 * Hospitality

 * Legislative and Government Affairs
 * Privacy Class Action Defense
 * Regulatory
 * Technology, Media, and Commercial

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EXPERIENCE
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 * Served as lead counsel to a major retailer in various crisis response
   capacities, including orchestrating, strategizing, and leading congressional
   witness preparation; serving as “first chair” during the client’s testimony
   at U.S. House and Senate hearings; coordinating responses to other
   simultaneous government investigations; counseling on media and
   communications; and delivering legal guidance to the C-suite and government
   affairs team
 * Successfully defended a media company in an investigation by the FTC arising
   from allegations that the company circumvented browser privacy settings when
   using online ad-serving technology
 * Provided legal and strategic counsel to a hospitality company with respect to
   two successive data breaches. This included representation of the company in
   connection with responding to state attorney general inquiries, and in
   negotiations of fine payments with credit card companies and insurance
   providers
 * Successfully represented a major cable television company in class action
   suits filed under the privacy provisions of the Cable Communications and
   Policy Act of 1984
 * Represented trade associations seeking to strike down financial privacy
   regulations issued by the FTC, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
   and the federal banking agencies pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
   (GLBA), and challenging the national “Do Not Call” registry and related FTC
   telemarketing regulations
 * Worked with the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) to develop its
   PoliticalAds self-regulatory program, bringing transparency and
   accountability to the digital political advertising ecosystem. Fueled by
   reports of abuses of digital political advertising in the presidential
   elections, Venable helped the DAA develop the program and within months
   secure its adoption by a state board of elections
 * Provided advice and developed educational materials for an ad tech company to
   inform the European Parliament about how digital advertising fuels the
   economy and benefits consumers, in preparation for the General Data
   Protection Regulation (GDPR)
 * Entered into immersive, supporting relationships with an American
   entertainment company working with varying business models to provide
   around-the-clock assistance and served effectively as in-house counsel
 * Represented a health services marketer in connection with the requirements of
   the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) related to
   pharmaceutical discount cards
 * Provided legal guidance and counseling with respect to a brand’s and a
   marketing solutions provider’s compliance obligations under the California
   Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which the state attorney general will begin
   enforcement of in July 2020, and created a priority list of business concerns
   for senior management regarding the law
 * Provided ongoing counseling to a global company as it rolled out new data
   collection practices, beginning with an assessment of potential legal and
   regulatory exposure related to the anticipated data collection practices, and
   concluding with new consumer consent language for inclusion in customer
   agreements
 * Assisted a transportation solutions and logistics company with data ownership
   issues arising from agreements with vehicle manufacturers with which it
   engaged in early-phase autonomous vehicle programs
 * Advised a direct marketing company on privacy and data security issues
   relating to the sale of a controlling stake in several prominent lines of
   business
 * Advised a multinational information technology services company on all
   privacy and data security matters relating to its acquisition of a leading
   cloud billing solutions company
 * Helped review the privacy incident response plans and facilitated tabletop
   exercises to help ensure that internal privacy and security teams at multiple
   companies are prepared to respond to new types of data security incidents

GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
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Experience Working for:

 * Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 * Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
 * Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, Department of Homeland
   Security (DHS)
 * Department of Commerce
   
   * National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
   * Office of the Undersecretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
 * Federal Interagency Committee for Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS)
 * General Services Administration
 * National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
 * National Security Council
 * National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
 * Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice (DOJ)
 * United States House of Representatives
   
   * Energy and Commerce Committee
   * Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
 * United States Senate
   
   * Committee on Appropriations
     
     * Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug
       Administration
   * Committee on Armed Services
   * Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
     
     * Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety
   * Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
     
     * Subcommittee on Investigation
   * Committee on Rules and Administration
   * Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
   * Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Technology and the Law
   * Judiciary Committee Counsel to U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
   * Office of Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
   * Select Committee on Ethics


RECOGNITION
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 * Chambers USA
   * Law Firm of the Year, Privacy and Data Security, 2009, 2021
   * Privacy and Data Security, National, 2008 – 2022
   * Award for Excellence Shortlist, 2017
 * Chambers Global, 2011 – 2015, 2017, 2022
 * Legal 500, Technology: Data Protection and Privacy, 2010 – 2022
 * Computerworld, Top 25 Privacy Experts, 2008

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PRIMARY CONTACTS

 * Emilio W. Cividanes
   
   Partner - Washington, DC
   
   ecividanes@Venable.com

 * Stuart P. Ingis
   
   Chairman - Washington, DC
   
   singis@Venable.com

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