Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Ethics & Strategy

Overview

Faegre Drinker helps clients meet the challenges of the information age. Organizations collect, use, and share ever-increasing amounts of data, raising privacy, security, information governance, and other data ethics issues. Our team of attorneys and professionals helps clients build strong data governance programs that support compliance with applicable laws and agile responses to security incidents.

We help organizations understand the array of laws and guidelines applicable to their data processing. This includes requirements concerning privacy (to what extent can individuals control the use and disclosure of information that relates to them), security (what safeguards are required to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data assets), transparency (to what extent do organizations need to be transparent about how they are collecting and using personal data), ownership (who owns personal data and information derived from personal data), and fairness (does the outcome of data analysis result in disparate impacts to a specific group of people in a way that causes harm). These issues have been a central part of “data protection” law for decades and are growing in importance as regulators struggle to address new, data-intensive technologies like artificial intelligence.

Faegre Drinker’s multidisciplinary privacy, cybersecurity, data ethics, and strategy team assists organizations in understanding their information flows and creating compliant policies and procedures. We help clients close M&A deals and draft complex data agreements and security provisions. And when incidents threaten a client’s business reputation, we are here to help. We litigate class-action lawsuits, respond to data breaches, answer regulator inquiries, and deliver peace of mind when a crisis arises.

Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Ethics & Strategy

Overview

Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Ethics & Strategy Resources

Insights & Events

Latest

September 2026 EU Compliance Deadlines for Connected Product Manufacturers

The White House's Gold Eagle Initiative Scales Back, the AI Kill Switch Act, and Bill Gates' Warnings and Proposals

Different Shoppers, Different Prices

Life Insurance and Annuity Anti-Fraud Training

Frontier AI Models Gone Rogue, DeepMind CEO Calls for Oversight Body, and NY Pauses Data Center Permits

EU AI Act — Commission Confirms Transparency Code of Practice as Adequate and Publishes Final Version of Its Guidelines on Transparency Obligations

Unlocking the Right to Repair: The Expanding Compliance Landscape

Privacy in Motion: Driving MedTech Forward

Steve Serfass Honored With Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance Recognition Award

Health Care Attorney Isaac Willett Rejoins Faegre Drinker in Indianapolis

Insights

September 2026 EU Compliance Deadlines for Connected Product Manufacturers

The White House's Gold Eagle Initiative Scales Back, the AI Kill Switch Act, and Bill Gates' Warnings and Proposals

Different Shoppers, Different Prices

Frontier AI Models Gone Rogue, DeepMind CEO Calls for Oversight Body, and NY Pauses Data Center Permits

EU AI Act — Commission Confirms Transparency Code of Practice as Adequate and Publishes Final Version of Its Guidelines on Transparency Obligations

Unlocking the Right to Repair: The Expanding Compliance Landscape

Second Quarter 2026 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review

New Jersey Enacts Sweeping Data Broker and Data Collector Registration Law

DoD Suspends CMMC Phase II Third-Party Audit Requirements

The Intel Report: Quarterly National Security Briefing — 2026 Q2

Events

Past Events

Life Insurance and Annuity Anti-Fraud Training

Privacy in Motion: Driving MedTech Forward

2026 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Litigation Update

TCPA and Communications Programs: Recent Developments, Ensuring Compliance, Mitigating Risks - Webinar

Data, Dangers, & Developments in Drug Supply Chain Security & Safety

News

Steve Serfass Honored With Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance Recognition Award

Health Care Attorney Isaac Willett Rejoins Faegre Drinker in Indianapolis

Faegre Drinker Practices and Attorneys Ranked Among Leaders in Chambers Global Guide 2026

Cynthia Lee Rejoins Faegre Drinker’s Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice as Counsel in Minneapolis

Faegre Drinker Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Lexology Index Reports

Faegre Drinker Expands New York Litigation Practice With Former EDNY National Security Deputy Chief Craig Heeren

Faegre Drinker Named a Litigation Powerhouse by BTI Consulting

Three Former Federal Prosecutors Join Faegre Drinker’s White Collar Team

Sarah Bassler Millar Named ‘Notable Leader In Law’ by Crain’s Chicago Business

Faegre Drinker Welcomes 2023 New Associate Class

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Experience

Our Experience

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Primary Counsel to Health Benefit TPA

Coffee Company Defends Putative Class Action Under TCPA

Meet The Team

Meet The Full Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Ethics & Strategy Team

Peter A. Blenkinsop

Huw Beverley-Smith

Reed Abrahamson

Joshua L. Andrews

Peter W. Baldwin

Libby Baney Burstein

Rhiannon C. Beckendorf

Huw Beverley-Smith

Peter A. Blenkinsop

Jennifer R. Breuer

Simonne Brousseau

Doriann H. Cain

Mary Devlin Capizzi

Elizabeth J. Carter

Martin S. Chester

Jackson Chi

Matthew D. Clark

Joshua L. Colburn

Ryan M. Cooney

Lawrence J. Del Rossi

Kenneth K. Dort

Matthew R. Elliott

John L. Evans

Jonathon A. Gunn

Maureen Donahue Hardwick