"Back to School: Privacy Law Basics for Every Business," Davis Wright Tremaine CLE, Seattle

Historically, privacy laws were considered "sectoral" and thought of as only applying to a few types of regulated industries. Today, however, privacy laws and regulations affect virtually all aspects of every type of business. In this session, we provided an introduction to the fundamentals of privacy law, data security and information governance, with an overview of the privacy issues that can arise in the various areas of your business.

Information covered included:

• Background on privacy law and information governance
• Legal operations and contracts
  • Service provider liability
  • Contract language review
  • Due diligence checklist
  • Audits
• Payments and collections
  • PCI DSS
  • FCRA/FACTA
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Information technology
  • Cloud computing
• Marketing
  • Behavioral advertising
  • Mobile applications
  • Self-regulatory activities
• Human resources
  • Employee information
  • BYOD
  • Social media
• When something goes wrong
  • Data breach notification laws
  • Privacy and data security litigation trends