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Kate Black of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is a certified information privacy professional equipped to support clients through the full gamut of data protection issues – from regulatory compliance and defence, to data counseling and incident response. Her clientele is comprised of businesses of all sizes, both startups and Fortune 500 companies. She is noted for her comprehensive grasp of healthcare and privacy regulatory frameworks, which she helps align with her representee’s business goals. Black is particularly adept at handling matters involving emerging issues, having helped found the firm’s biotech practice which she currently leads.
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Kate Black practices at the intersection of privacy, health technology, and cutting-edge innovation. She advises companies on managing legal risk associated with highly sensitive personal data, including health, genetic, biometric, and consumer information. She represents clients spanning biotechnology, life sciences, digital health, mobile medical applications, consumer health and wellness products, e-commerce, data analytics, and AI platforms that handle health information.
Kate works with companies to design privacy and data governance programs, evaluate new data uses and products, respond to regulatory inquiries and investigations, and negotiate complex data transfer and protection agreements. She has deep experience helping clients navigate HIPAA and HITECH, the FTC Act, CCPA/CPRA and other state comprehensive privacy laws, GDPR, Washington’s My Health My Data Act, state health and biometric laws, and cybersecurity requirements.
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Key clients
- 23andMe, Inc.
Work highlights
Lead privacy counsel for 23andMe, Inc. on a variety of issues, including tracking tech, research consent and sharing under federal law, data usage, product counseling, and compliance with CCPA, HIPAA and GDPR.