Melissa J. Krasnow, JD

Melissa Krasnow writes on cyber and privacy risk and insurance issues for IRMI.com. She is a partner in Minneapolis at VLP Law Group LLP and is recognized by Chambers.

She counsels companies on 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 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Ms. Krasnow advises companies on privacy, data security, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, technology matters, and cyber governance, including data breaches/incidents/other events (ransomware, account takeover, business email compromise, phishing, and vulnerabilities), preparing written information security programs (organizational and employee), devising incident response plans, and facilitating and participating in tabletop exercises. She counsels boards of directors and officers on privacy, data security, and technology risk oversight and developments, and reviews cyber-liability insurance policies.

She advises companies on regulatory inquiries and complying with state, federal, and international privacy, data security, AI, advertising and marketing, governance and compliance, and regulated industry laws. Ms. Krasnow prepares website and mobile application privacy policies and terms.

She works with companies on negotiating (and renegotiating in the wake of data breaches/incidents/other events) and documenting technology and commercial transactions, including master services agreements, nondisclosure agreements, data security addenda, business associate agreements, data license agreements, the GDPR and other data processing agreements, and CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy law agreements.

Ms. Krasnow is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US and a board leadership fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. She 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.