Background
Melissa Krasnow writes on
cyber and privacy risk and insurance issues for IRMI.com.
Ms. Krasnow is a partner in Minneapolis at VLP Law Group LLP, who is ranked
in USA—Nationwide Privacy & Data Security and USA—Nationwide Technology in
the 2022 edition of Chambers USA.
Her practice encompasses the following.
- Privacy, data security, big data, and artificial
intelligence/chatbots
-
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act; financial services regulatory laws;
state laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act
(CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and other state privacy laws;
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Payment Card Industry Data
Security Standard; National Institute of Standards and Technology;
Controlling the Assault of Non-solicited Pornography and Marketing Act;
and Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- Data breaches and crisis situations, including preparation that
involves written information security programs (e.g., organizational and
employee); US, Canada, and GDPR incident response plans; and tabletop
exercises (including ransomware)
- Advice to boards of directors and senior executives (e.g., privacy,
data security, and technology)
- Cyber-liability insurance policy review
- Privacy policies and terms (including those regarding the GDPR,
CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy laws, geolocation, big data, and
artificial intelligence/chatbots)
- Technology transactions
-
- Master services agreements (e.g., cloud, communications, email and
text messages, laboratory services, telecommunications, security, and
payment services)
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Data security addenda
- Business associate agreements
- Data license agreements/big data initiatives
- GDPR and other data processing agreements
- CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy law agreements
- Legal and contractual issues regarding coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Mergers and acquisitions
Ms. Krasnow serves as a Bloomberg BNA editorial adviser, and she is also a
Certified Information Privacy Professional/US and a board leadership fellow of
the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Ms. Krasnow holds a bachelor of arts degree in Chinese studies and political
science from Wellesley College and a juris doctor from Northwestern University
School of Law. She also attended the University of British Columbia.