Practices

Cyber/Data/Privacy

Guiding the world’s top companies and their boards and executives across the full spectrum of cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy issues

Privacy Talks Series

Monthly webinars providing actionable guidance and sharing best practices to navigate the global data protection landscape

SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules Resources

Recent developments and key resources related to the SEC’s final cybersecurity rules for public companies

California Privacy Rights Act

A deep dive on the CPRA, which broadly governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information about California residents

Cyber/Data/Privacy Insights

A Cooley blog providing legal insight for market innovators

24x7 incident response team

In the event of a suspected data incident, members of Cooley's data incident and breach response team can be reached at incident.response@cooley.com, +1 844 476 1248 or +44 (0) 20 7556 4567.

Why Cooley

    • Nearly 100 lawyers globally counseling on privacy, cybersecurity and data protection matters
    • Holistic approach to compliance and security, built to preserve and protect enterprise value
    • Market-leading experience successfully navigating clients through privacy and data breach litigation
    • Comprehensive and timely guidance through CooleyREG, our innovative approach that brings together regulatory practitioners from across the firm to help clients navigate every regulatory twist and turn
  • Cyber
    • 24x7 incident response team
    • Advised on the most significant of security incidents of the past decade
    • Brokered contracts with forensic, cybersecurity, crisis communication and related companies for urgent incident response situations
    • Defended Google and Facebook in data breach class actions
    • Team includes a former commissioner for the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency
  • Data
    • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), governance, outsourcing, licensing and more
    • Global creation, use and commercialization strategies
    • Retention, security and destruction programs
  • Privacy
    • Law 360’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Group of the Year
    • Significant class actions in recent years for clients including Google, Facebook/Meta Platforms, Zoom, LinkedIn, Coinbase and eBay
    • Regularly defend clients, including Chegg, in privacy and security investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and other regulatory bodies
    • Team includes a former senior adviser to then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris, former chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau, and presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed member of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
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What sets us apart

  • 400+

    privacy and cybersecurity due diligence reviews conducted in the past year alone for M&A and investment transactions

  • 50+

    Cooley lawyers focused on privacy, cybersecurity, and data innovation matters across the U.S., Europe, and Asia

  • $10B+

    in deals involving privacy-forward companies advised by Cooley in the last 24 months

Recognition

  • The Legal 500 US: Tier 1 Ranking for Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
  • Chambers: Privacy & Data Security
  • Law360: Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Group of the Year
  • Vault: #1 on Best Firms for Privacy & Data Security list

Cooley has successfully litigated a wide range of cases involving privacy and data breach issues, including class actions and government enforcement actions. 

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