Multinational Data Privacy Compliance: Managing EU and UK Regulatory Requirements

Ms. Kwok is a highly skilled cybersecurity expert with a distinguished career in fraud investigation and regulatory compliance. Her extensive experience at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), U.S. Department of Commerce has equipped her with a deep understanding of complex financial fraud schemes and emerging cyber threats. Ms. Kwok advises clients on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, with a specific focus on compliance with federal and state-level regulatory orders and settlements, data privacy and security, and risk management. As a former senior investigator at the FTC, Ms. Kwok led high profile investigations into a wide range of consumer protection issues, including those involving fintech, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, debt collection and debt relief products. Her deep understanding of these technologies has enabled her to identify and disrupt sophisticated fraud schemes that target vulnerable consumers.

Mr. Tantleff, CIPP/E, is a partner in Foley’s Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity, and Privacy; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) practice groups. He represents companies in various technology, privacy, security, information management, open source, and intellectual property matters, such as the development of compliance policies, programs, cybersecurity breach preparation, incident response, big data, and data monetization initiatives. Mr. Tantleff also regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing transactions, strategic alliances, development and licensing arrangements, supply and distribution arrangements, and other strategic and collaborative transactions involving significant technology and intellectual property. He  is a frequent speaker on technology, security, privacy, and outsourcing matters, and is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Politico, Fortune, and other top-tier publications on topics such as cyberattacks, privacy law developments, and data protection, including regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Asia Pacific Cross Border Privacy Rules. Mr. Tantleff has been retained for data protection, cybersecurity, monetization of big data/IoT programs, and data breach response, remediation, and simulations by companies across all industries and sizes, domestically and abroad, including several Fortune 100 companies. He has also counseled several state legislators on cybersecurity legislation.