AI and Data Privacy: Adapting Policies, Ensuring Responsible Use of Data, Mitigating Risks

Mr. Friel is chair of the firm’s Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice. BTI Consulting Group has named Mr. Friel a Client Service All-Star, recognizing lawyers who stand above all others in delivering the absolute best in client service. He is tier-1 ranked by Chambers and has been recognized by leading industry groups and publications. Mr. Friel is a thought leader in digital media, intellectual property, data privacy and protection, and consumer protection law, with over three decades of relevant experience to address the intersection of law and technology. Having served as a general counsel for several years in the late 1990s before returning to private practice, he has the necessary expertise to advise clients on making practical and informed business decisions and help companies and entrepreneurs navigate the complex opportunities created by disruptive technology. With his in-house and private practice experience, Mr. Friel assists clients with creating data inventories, and information governance and data privacy and security programs; developing and implementing policies and procedures for providing consumer data privacy transparency, choice and access; drafting and negotiating privacy and data security provisions for commercial contracts; evaluating privacy impact assessments; addressing data privacy and security issues in merger and acquisitions transactions; structuring personal data transfer arrangements (including cross-border, intracompany, sales and licenses, and disclosures that are exempt from, and/or comply with, certain legal restrictions); drafting and revising external and internal privacy and data security policies and procedures; and addressing complex intellectual property and consumer protection issues related to digital media, advertising and commerce, such as in connection with the development and deployment of artificial intelligence, tailored and targeted advertising practices, and digital transformation and data commercialization strategies.

Ms. Jacobson is a partner in the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice. She offers practical and tactical counsel on privacy and cybersecurity compliance strategies, data breach response, technology transactions and marketing initiatives for national and multinational organizations. Ms. Jacobson assists clients with the design and development of privacy-sensitive policies for the collection and use of personal data. She regularly advises businesses on the privacy and cybersecurity aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, ethical data use, machine learning and artificial intelligence, vendor contracting and management and business sales, combinations and acquisitions.

Ms. Ricci is currently VP & Deputy General Counsel -AI, Data Privacy & Contracts at Boeing Employee Credit Union (BECU). BECU is currently the country’s fourth-largest credit union, with nearly 1.4 million members and $28.8 billion in assets. Ms. Ricci was the chief legal officer at two prior tech companies and has held legal, risk and business roles at large financial institutions.