Seyfarth Shaw LLP is a leader in global privacy and data security protection. We regularly advise multinational clients with respect to the collection, use and cross-border transfer of personally identifiable information of employees, service providers/vendors and other individuals, in order to comply with laws in Asia, the European Union, Latin America, Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Africa.

We provide advice and counsel to our clients that enables them to develop and grow their businesses using the most powerful modern capital asset they have – their data. Our integrated team of attorneys, many of whom are leaders in the field, are located in key global locations. They work with clients to develop and implement unified global strategies to comply with applicable data privacy laws and regulations, to implement best practices, and to proactively avoid the unlawful processing of personal information. These attorneys have a great deal of experience in compliance-related international projects and have undertaken more than 200 such projects, including data privacy compliance projects covering more than 130 jurisdictions at one time. We look at an organization’s practices holistically – helping our clients establish internal company policies and training programs designed to maintain the security of their data.

Seyfarth’s Global Privacy Watch blog is a resource for employers that provides timely legal and news updates to C-suite executives, corporate in-house counsel, technology and privacy officers, and HR professionals concerned about protecting their access to and use of personal information in this data driven economy. Global Privacy Watch provides up-to-the-minute information on the latest legal trends and cases across the globe.