Kara K. Trowell

Kara K. Trowell Trowell is a member of the firm's technology, communications, privacy, and security group where she helps clients navigate and comply with state, federal, and international privacy laws and regulations. She counsels clients on business-oriented strategies for compliance across a large spectrum of industries, including the technology, entertainment, advertising, retail and telecommunication sectors.

Kara regularly teams with her clients’ legal, technology, HR, and information security professionals to address privacy issues; develop and strengthen privacy and information governance programs, practices, and procedures; and help them understand how the latest legal and regulatory developments may impact their business. She is experienced with drafting and revising privacy notices, terms of service, privacy impact assessments, data subject response protocols, and other data policies; conducting due diligence and advising on privacy aspects of mergers & acquisitions; and drafting and negotiating data sharing and other and commercial agreements involving data sharing.

Kara also maintains an active product counselling practice and provides support at every step of the product or program lifecycle, from design and development to marketing and advertising activities and incident response. This practice is enhanced by her interest and experience addressing the unique privacy and other regulatory considerations related to biometric data, facial recognition technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to deliver practical guidance that is aligned with her clients' goals.