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
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- 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), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA),
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), 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, CPA, VCDPA, geolocation, big data, and artificial
intelligence/chatbots)
- Technology transactions
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- 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, CPA, and VCDPA 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.