The Association of Corporate Counsel-Michigan Chapter (ACC-MI) will present “Managing Data Privacy Risk: Practical Insights for In-House Counsel” sponsored by McDonald Hopkins on Tuesday, May 23, beginning at 3 p.m. at The Community House, 380 S. Bates in Birmingham.
With data breaches on the rise and increased government enforcement, the stakes have never been higher for in-house counsel on the front lines in managing data privacy risks. The McDonald Hopkins National Data Privacy and Cybersecurity team has assisted companies nationwide through over 12,000 data security incidents and has valuable insights to help in-house counsel manage the organizational risks associated with a data privacy breach.
The three sessions at the program will cover the following:
• Anatomy of a Data Breach and Incident Response, with speakers Dominic Paluzzi and Kate Jarrett
- Identifying/defining PII, PHI, PCI, and sensitive data
- Defining what constitutes a “breach”
- Primary types of privacy incidents and cyber claims
- Recent cyber claims data
- Vendor/third-party management
- Anatomy of data breach response
• Creating a Threat Actor Playbook, with speakers Colin Battersby and Heather Shumaker
- Social engineering/threat actor techniques
- Attack types
- Trends in ransomware
- Addressing ransom demands
- Business and reputational considerations
• Critical Data Privacy Law Enforcement in 2023 & Risk Mitigation, with speakers Dominic Paluzzi, Colin Battersby, Kate Jarrett, and Heather Shumaker
- Application & Scope
- Practical approaches to compliance
- Data subject access and deletion requests
- Other consumer rights
- Website privacy policy updates
- Sale of personal information
- Contractual considerations
- Data Protection Addendum
- Vendor Contracts
- Other risk mitigation steps to reduce cyber attacks
After the program, a happy hour & networking opportunity will be hosted from 5:15 to 7 p.m.
To register for this program, visit www.acc.com/chapters-networks/chapters/michigan and click on “events.”
- Posted April 25, 2023
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'Managing Data Privacy Risk' explored by ACC-MI

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