Qiusi Y. Newcom

Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Ethics and Strategy

A Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Qiusi is well versed in the growing list of state privacy laws, data-breach notification requirements, and other privacy obligations specific to the pharmaceutical and life science industries (such as during clinical trials) and the consumer goods industry (such as during marketing). Beyond the U.S., Qiusi works with clients on developing and implementing effective privacy and information-security programs with a global approach — from practical solutions aimed at reconciling the differences among privacy and cybersecurity laws in the U.S., EU and China to collaboration with local counsels in other countries to map information assets and set up regional business activities. Qiusi also supports cybersecurity incident response preparations, investigations and reporting.

Export Controls, Sanctions and Foreign Investment Review

Clients turn to Qiusi for her familiarity with export licensing and classification under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), country-of-origin determination, and national security review of cross-border mergers and acquisitions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In addition to interfacing with the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State and the Treasury on these matters, Qiusi also has experience conducting internal investigations, responding to government inquiries or subpoenas, making voluntary disclosures and representing clients in administrative hearings.

Regulatory and Business Counsel

Qiusi delivers customized legal advice on regulatory challenges affecting clients’ daily operations. She has been embedded in many multinational companies’ compliance functions (trade compliance teams and privacy offices) through secondments and “virtual privacy office” projects. Her privacy advice draws from her experience handling clients’ day-to-day privacy requests, negotiating vendor agreements and recommending operational changes to clients’ privacy practices. Her trade advice reflects her skills in export license management and insights into how sanctions affect sales to high-risk regions.

Qiusi also frequently counsels clients regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), such as telecommunications carriers, Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) service providers, Internet-of-Things (IoT) equipment manufacturers, enterprise users of private wireless radios and telehealth applications, and businesses engaging in outbound customer outreaches by emails, calls or texts.

Qiusi is a contributor to the Practising Law Institute’s Telecommunications Law Answer Book. During law school, Qiusi authored “Bridging Open Markets in the ‘Big Bandwidth’ Era: A Blueprint of Foreign Broadband Internet Deployment,” which was published in the Federal Communications Law Journal.