As the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is at the forefront of data, privacy, and cybersecurity law in the U.S. and throughout the world. Our cross-disciplinary team of highly experienced professionals helps companies navigate the complex and ever-changing set of laws, regulations, and industry standards that govern the collection, storage, and use of information.
Who We Are
Our data, privacy, and cybersecurityteam includes former senior officials who served in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Department of Homeland Security. The team also includes some of the nation's leading litigators and veteran trial attorneys who have litigated complex data disputes involving novel issues of law. Rounding out the team are compliance and transactional attorneys, as well as legislative and regulatory strategists.
Our data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is consistently recognized by well-known ranking authorities such asGlobal Data Review’s 20 Elite, Law360,Chambers USA,Chambers Global,Chambers Europe, andLegal 500. For example, in Global Data Review's 2024 edition of theGDR100, a global guide that ranks the capabilities, track record, and market reputation of leading law firms in the field, Wilson Sonsini's data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice was recognized among the top 25 "Elite" firms, ranking No. 5. The firm also ranked as the No.1 firm for investigations worldwide. Additionally, the team’s attorneys are individually cited for excellence and other accomplishments in these publications, and they are frequent speakers at major conferences on key developments in data, privacy, and cybersecurity.
What We Do
Wilson Sonsini’s data, privacy, and cybersecurityteam advises companies of all sizes—from start-ups to industry leaders—on issues arising from the collection, use, maintenance, and security of data. Our comprehensive scope of practice includes helping clients manage government investigations and enforcement actions, and assisting them during crisis situations resulting from security breach incidents. The team’s litigators represent clients in complex, multi-jurisdictional privacy disputes and class action litigation.
The firm’s data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is a global practice. With practitioners based in key markets in the U.S., the European Union, and the UK, Wilson Sonsini advises clients on all U.S. federal, state, European, and UK privacy laws, including:
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- U.S. data breach notification laws
- U.S. state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI), Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA), and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Revised European e-Privacy Directive
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
- Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA)
- Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)
- Upcoming legislations in the EU and their interactions with the GDPR, including the draft e-Privacy Regulation, the draft regulation on AI, and the draft Digital Market and Digital Services Acts
Because a large percentage of Wilson Sonsini’s clients are technology and life sciences companies, our team is skilled at addressing unique issues that arise when privacy matters intersect with innovation and data. For example, our attorneys help clients apply best practices toward implementing effective privacy programs online, offline, on mobile devices, and throughout their enterprises; advise them on when and how to comply with self-regulatory programs governing online advertising; and guide them on how to develop compliant marketing and promotional communications using new media.
We help our clients determine and implement their most effective GDPR compliance program, ranging from data mapping, data protection impact assessment, privacy policies, cookies compliance, and handling of data subjects’ rights to detailed, cutting-edge, and novel GDPR compliance issues. We have unmatched experience designing data transfer strategies. We advise regularly on data transfer impact assessment, the use of EU standard contractual clauses, Code of Conduct, the use of derogations, and the approval of binding corporate rules (BCRs). In addition, we assist clients in reconciling the demands of EU data protection law with conflicting legal obligations.
In short, Wilson Sonsini’s data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is a valued asset because clients can leverage our unique combination of an experienced team led by skilled practitioners and former agency veterans and a comprehensive global legal practice that fully covers a company’s privacy and cybersecurity needs.
Overview
As the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is at the forefront of data, privacy, and cybersecurity law in the U.S. and throughout the world. Our cross-disciplinary team of highly experienced professionals helps companies navigate the complex and ever-changing set of laws, regulations, and industry standards that govern the collection, storage, and use of information.
Who We Are
Our data, privacy, and cybersecurityteam includes former senior officials who served in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Department of Homeland Security. The team also includes some of the nation's leading litigators and veteran trial attorneys who have litigated complex data disputes involving novel issues of law. Rounding out the team are compliance and transactional attorneys, as well as legislative and regulatory strategists.
Our data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is consistently recognized by well-known ranking authorities such asGlobal Data Review’s 20 Elite, Law360,Chambers USA,Chambers Global,Chambers Europe, andLegal 500. For example, in Global Data Review's 2024 edition of theGDR100, a global guide that ranks the capabilities, track record, and market reputation of leading law firms in the field, Wilson Sonsini's data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice was recognized among the top 25 "Elite" firms, ranking No. 5. The firm also ranked as the No.1 firm for investigations worldwide. Additionally, the team’s attorneys are individually cited for excellence and other accomplishments in these publications, and they are frequent speakers at major conferences on key developments in data, privacy, and cybersecurity.
What We Do
Wilson Sonsini’s data, privacy, and cybersecurityteam advises companies of all sizes—from start-ups to industry leaders—on issues arising from the collection, use, maintenance, and security of data. Our comprehensive scope of practice includes helping clients manage government investigations and enforcement actions, and assisting them during crisis situations resulting from security breach incidents. The team’s litigators represent clients in complex, multi-jurisdictional privacy disputes and class action litigation.
The firm’s data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is a global practice. With practitioners based in key markets in the U.S., the European Union, and the UK, Wilson Sonsini advises clients on all U.S. federal, state, European, and UK privacy laws, including:
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- U.S. data breach notification laws
- U.S. state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI), Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA), and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Revised European e-Privacy Directive
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
- Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA)
- Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)
- Upcoming legislations in the EU and their interactions with the GDPR, including the draft e-Privacy Regulation, the draft regulation on AI, and the draft Digital Market and Digital Services Acts
Because a large percentage of Wilson Sonsini’s clients are technology and life sciences companies, our team is skilled at addressing unique issues that arise when privacy matters intersect with innovation and data. For example, our attorneys help clients apply best practices toward implementing effective privacy programs online, offline, on mobile devices, and throughout their enterprises; advise them on when and how to comply with self-regulatory programs governing online advertising; and guide them on how to develop compliant marketing and promotional communications using new media.
We help our clients determine and implement their most effective GDPR compliance program, ranging from data mapping, data protection impact assessment, privacy policies, cookies compliance, and handling of data subjects’ rights to detailed, cutting-edge, and novel GDPR compliance issues. We have unmatched experience designing data transfer strategies. We advise regularly on data transfer impact assessment, the use of EU standard contractual clauses, Code of Conduct, the use of derogations, and the approval of binding corporate rules (BCRs). In addition, we assist clients in reconciling the demands of EU data protection law with conflicting legal obligations.
In short, Wilson Sonsini’s data, privacy, and cybersecuritypractice is a valued asset because clients can leverage our unique combination of an experienced team led by skilled practitioners and former agency veterans and a comprehensive global legal practice that fully covers a company’s privacy and cybersecurity needs.
