Privacy Law Matters Blog

We are pleased to announce Jennifer Ruehr has joined the Hintze Law team! In her role as Senior Associate, Jennifer will be advising technology clients on global privacy, security, and related data technology and transactional matters.Prior to joining Hintze Law, Jennifer spent 5 years as Legal Counsel, Privacy and Security, for Adobe Systems Incorporated, providing…

We are pleased to announce that we have a new member of the Hintze Law team. J.D. Fugate joined the firm on March 1, 2018, as Of Counsel.J.D. Fugate has been a trusted legal adviser to tech and e-commerce clients for 25 years, including 16 years in-house with Microsoft, most recently as an Assistant General Counsel…

A chapter by Hintze Law partner Mike Hintze, entitled "Privacy Statements: Purposes, Requirements, and Best Practices" will be included in the forthcoming Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy, edited by Jules Polonetsky, Evan Selinger & Omer Tene, Cambridge University Press (2017).The chapter explains that while drafting a privacy statement may be considered by some to be…

October 11, 2016.  Hintze Law is pleased to announce that Mike Hintze has joined the firm as partner. Mike joins Hintze Law after serving as Chief Privacy Counsel at Microsoft, where, for over 18 years, he advised on data protection compliance globally, and helped lead the company’s strategic initiatives on privacy differentiation and public policy. …

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On February 23, 2015, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution approving its first ever set of comprehensive privacy principles.  The principles are also the first of its kind to be adopted by a major U.S. city. The privacy principles guide the City of Seattle when collecting, using, and sharing personal information from the public. The…