Privacy, Competition and Data Protection

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Contact Pamela Jones Harbour

Fulbright's Privacy, Competition and Data Protection lawyers are experienced in the expanding areas of consumer protection and consumer privacy, working with clients in the areas of competition and privacy to address the issues of doing business online.

Fulbright's data protection experience includes advising international clients on European Union regulations and other developing international regulations.

Addressing Privacy in the Public and Private Sectors

Fulbright partner Pamela Jones Harbour, a former Federal Trade Commissioner who  is entrenched in this area of law, handled—full-time—competition and consumer protection matters in virtually every sector of the economy. She provided testimony before Senate, Judicial and House subcommittees on antitrust, competition, health, energy, science, transportation and price fixing matters. 

This former Commissioner also represented U.S. interests at Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summits, intent upon implementing global privacy frameworks for cross-border data transfers.

Privacy, Competition and Data Protection Capabilities

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Fulbright's Privacy, Competition and Data Protection Practice annually counsels clients on: 

• Administrative, physical and technical safeguards designed to ensure the safety of private information
• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) cross-border privacy rules system
• Creation of privacy policies for corporations and for web sites and how those policies can competitively differentiate our clients
• European Data Privacy Directive (including compliance programs and cross-border transfers in the context of litigation or normal business operations)
• FACTA class actions
• Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• FTC requirements for safeguarding data both offline and online (including COPPA, CAN-SPAM Act, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley)
• HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
• Labor and employment issues, including access to employee emails
• Payment Card Industry standards
• Protection of trade secrets, proprietary information and confidential information
• Red Flag Rule
• State data breach law matters
• Telephone Consumer Protection Act "blast fax" cases

Fulbright's Privacy, Competition and Data Protection Practice, joined with Fulbright's strong litigation legacy, handles the most complex litigation, including U.S. and international arbitration and mediation, should the need arise. 

For more information about privacy and data protection issues, contact Pamela Jones Harbour.