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, whose 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, 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
- 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,
California Consumer Privacy Act, 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
- Business associate agreements
- Data license agreements/big data initiatives
- GDPR data processing agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions
Ms. Krasnow serves as a Bloomberg BNA editorial advisor and an Advisory
Board member for the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
She also is 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.