Jennifer Ruehr > Hintze Law > Seattle, United States > Lawyer Profile

Jennifer Ruehr

(206) 580-0136 jennifer@hintzelaw.com

Position

Partner

Career

Jennifer Ruehr, is a Partner at Hintze Law PLLC and co-chair of our Employment Privacy & Cybersecurity & Breach Response groups. Jennifer counsels retail, technology, social media, and e-commerce clients, from innovative startups to Fortune 100 companies, on all aspects of global privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection matters. She provides clients with business-focused legal advice for developing, operationalizing, and maintaining a privacy program in a dynamic regulatory environment, developing strategies for managing and communicating about privacy risk, and negotiating complex data processing and transfer agreements. She has also advised on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity risks in connection with numerous multimillion-dollar M&A deals.

Jennifer also has special expertise counselling on employment-specific privacy and data protection issues, including developing and implementing employee privacy and electronic monitoring policies and programs; developing and implementing retention and deletion policies and programs; and conducting employee privacy assessments. She advises on the risks and requirements related to biometric, health, and location data collection and use; background checks; employee monitoring; AI and machine learning technologies and automated decision-making in the employment context. She also provides advice on privacy issues in employee and candidate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Representative areas of expertise include advising on matters relating to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), CAN-SPAM, GDPR, SMS and telemarketing laws, online and mobile tracking, facial recognition and biometrics, mergers and acquisitions, health privacy, employee privacy, privacy and security by design, vendor risk management, and incident response, including data breach notification.

Jennifer was formerly Legal Counsel, Privacy and Security, for Adobe Systems Incorporated providing guidance on global data protection compliance and strategy. Prior to joining Adobe’s privacy team, Jennifer supported and advised Adobe’s products and services teams on data compliance and strategy during product development and in connection with marketing and technology licenses.

Memberships

• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow 2017-Present

• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Education

• University of Akron, School of Law, JD, 2011

• Washington State University, BA, 1993