Privacy Law Matters Blog

Hintze Law PLLC is pleased to announce that Amy Lanchester has joined the firm as a Senior Privacy Analyst. Amy, based in the Atlanta-metro area, comes to Hintze with over six years of experience working on global data protection matters, including the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and…

By Mike Hintze In recent weeks, ChatGPT has been the subject of much discussion. A wide range of issues and concerns have been raised, and a number of those relate to privacy and data protection. Here are a few of my thoughts on what privacy and data protection professionals should consider when reviewing uses of…

By Charlotte LundayOn November 10, 2022, a plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, Inc., citing a recent Gizmodo article reporting that security researchers had found that Apple apps, such as the App Store, collected device and usage data from iPhones regardless of the privacy settings users enabled. The complaint alleges that Apple collects…

By Taylor WidawskiOn November 11, 2022, Google entered into a $391.5 million settlement with 40 state attorneys general—the largest ever attorney-general led consumer privacy settlement.The investigation, led by attorneys general in Oregon and Nevada, began after a 2018 Associated Press article reported that Google tracks consumers’ location, even when the settings, including on Google’s Android…

We are thrilled to announce that first-year associates, Leslie Veloz and Cameron Cantrell, have joined Hintze Law in the Seattle Office.  Cameron Cantrell previously worked as a summer associate and privacy intern for Hintze Law. She joins Hintze from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was a research assistant in the Tech Policy…

Hintze Law PLLC announced today that Taylor Widawski has joined the firm as Senior Associate. Taylor comes to Hintze Law’s Seattle office from Chime Financial, where she was in house privacy counsel. Prior to that, she was privacy counsel at T-Mobile and an associate with a large national law firm. “I have had the pleasure…

Hintze Law PLLC is very pleased to announce that Deb Gray has joined the firm as a Senior Privacy Analyst. Deb comes to Hintze Law’s Seattle office with over two decades of deep and wide-ranging experience and programmatic skills in privacy and data protection matters, including the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), the EU General…

Seattle, August 15, 2022: Hintze Law PLLC is delighted to announce that Sam Castic has joined the firm as its newest Partner. Sam comes to Hintze Law’s Seattle office with over 15 years of global privacy and cybersecurity experience, most recently as Chief Privacy Officer for Blackhawk Network and as Senior Director Privacy & Associate…

We are honored to announce that Chambers & Partners has recognized Sheila Sokolowski, Partner and Chair of Hintze Law’s Health & Biotech Privacy Group in its 2022 USA - Nationwide Privacy& Data Security Healthcare rankings. Chambers has also once again recognized Hintze Law and Member Partners, Mike Hintze and Susan Hintze, in its 2022 Privacy & Data Security USA – Nationwide rankings.…

Seattle, January 25, 2022: We are excited to announce that Mason Fitch has joined the Hintze Law team as the newest member of our Health & Biotech Team. Mason joins us from Hims & Hers Health, a telehealth startup, where he served as their first Privacy Counsel. Mason’s work at Hims & Hers included counseling…