Practice/Organization Description
Robinson+Cole is a law firm serving regional, national and global clients from nine offices throughout the Northeast. Our Data Privacy and Security Team brings together lawyers from the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology, Commercial Litigation, and E-Commerce Groups. This approach allows us to match just the right resources to our clients’ specific needs.
Our lawyers are knowledgeable about data collection technology, including P3P and cookies. We also understand the value of collecting and using data for marketing and other strategic purposes.
Our lawyers regularly work with federal and state privacy, telemarketing, and antispam laws and rules, including the following:
the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy FERP Gramm-Lea ch-Bliley Act GLB), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act COPPA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA)
international privacy laws, including the European Union (EU) Data Protection Directive and the EU Safe Harbor Agreement
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, including the Telemarketing Sales Rule, FTC enforcement actions, and the FTC Fair Information Collection Principles
state law, including workplace privacy statutes, antispam statutes, AG enforcement actions, and other privacy protection statutes and trends
Robinson+Cole is consistently ranked as one of the top litigation firms by the Chambers USA guides, US News & World Report’s Best Law Firms Survey, and Benchmark Litigation.
