A Trusted Advisor for Privacy/Technology/Cyber Security Law

Our Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice assists clients across the full spectrum of legal services in the privacy and cybersecurity arenas, offering up to date advice to shore up cybersecurity programs and data privacy policies, procedures, documentation, manuals, agreements, and assist in a data breach response.

Advice, review, policy drafting for compliance with U.S. privacy laws, regulations and legal requirements for transferring sensitive personal data to/from the United States, the EU and other jurisdictions (cross-border). State, country and region specific privacy laws. Privacy program review and recommendations. Strategies and techniques to minimize privacy threats, compliance and liability.

Businesses today face an every changing landscape of statutory regulations, compliance requirements, and best practices concerning data privacy, data security, data breaches, Personally Identifying Information (PII), and sensitive information. Lince Law can review, advise and recommend steps as well as develop policies, procedures, manuals, disclosures, and agreements to meet requirements as well as lower risk of liability to the organization.

Contract and Agreement drafting, review, disputes. Product and Services Agreements. Employee manuals (IT sections), Acceptable Use Agreements, IT Policies, Procedures, Data Privacy Disclosures, Testing Agreements, Contractor Agreements, Vendor Agreements. Dispute resolution. Litigation services in state and federal courts (admitted to Florida).

Many businesses are not aware that in most states there are statutory requirements for responding  to a data breach and that failure to respond appropriately can carry heavy civil fines, and even result in private litigation against the business (certain states allow for a private cause of action). Lince Law can prepare your business to be ready in the unlikely but realistic possibility of a data breach, and ensure the regulatory steps are taken once a breach is detected to limit liability.

Lince Law can draft, review, advise on all technology related contracts to identify and lower risks. Many times it is not what is being said, but the specific words used can make a difference between being found liable and not-liable in litigation, or enforceable or un-enforceable contract provisions.

How does your IT environment stand up and measure against industry standard cybersecurity standards in the current threat environment? Are the critical protection measures in place to prevent current risks? What steps can your organization take in people, process, tools, to limit legal liabilities and risk exposure? Does your IT department take remedial measures to address published vulnerabilities? Sometimes adding one critical security appliance to your network will take your risk posture from high to low - ask Lince Law how.

Can your network hold up against a real world attack or hacking operation? Susceptible to ransomware attack? Insider threats? Phishing? Social engineering? Malware? Find out with a vulnerability scan and penetration testing of your environment, measured against compliance regulations for your industry, and statutory regulations. We stress test your environment to assess legal risk and exposure, as well as provide compliance recommendations to lower discovered risks, we focus on reducing real-world technical and legal risks.

With today's software subscriptions, cloud based use, hardware maintenance costs, network costs, are you in the most cost efficient position with your architecture or are you paying for services, licenses and tools that you do not really need? Are you paying for a network that is overbuilt, or more expensive than it needs to be? Do you have a software tool inventory that is being paid year after year than no one uses? Can your license costs be negotiated down? Are your telecom costs more than they need to be? Are your vendors meeting and being held to their service level agreements (SLAs)? Lince Law can help drive efficiencies in your technology and cyber security costs.