Kate Black

Kate Black is a Partner at Hintze Law PLLC and is chair of the firm’s Health and Biotech Privacy Group, and co-chair of the Regulatory Defense Group, and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Group.

Kate counsels U.S. and global companies on comprehensive strategies for complying with regulatory obligations while achieving business objectives, growing and maintaining customer and public trust, and advancing revolutionary and innovative technology and research. Kate has advised clients on building and operating global privacy programs, assessing privacy and data security compliance, implementing privacy by design product strategies, developing law enforcement response protocols, and negotiating complex vendor and partner deals involving transfer and protection of data. She regularly advises on proposed regulatory and legislative changes that impact the landscape of health and biotech privacy.

Her areas of expertise include HIPAA/HITECH, FTC Act, CCPA/CPRA and state comprehensive privacy laws, GDPR, WA’s My Health My Data Act, state health and biometric laws, and cybersecurity. She advises global clients in a variety of industries, including, biotech, life sciences, digital health, mobile medical applications, consumer products, ecommerce, and data analytics.

Before Hintze Law, Kate was partner at Greenberg Traurig. She also gained valuable in-house experience as Global Privacy Officer with 23andMe, where she developed their privacy program and advised on privacy, data security, and law enforcement response issues. Prior to 23andMe, Kate was Health Privacy Counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology and served in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The California Office of Health Information Integrity, and interned at the White House, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Kate is an active and sought-after speaker and author on data privacy and cybersecurity, data analytics, digital health, mobile medical applications, and privacy issues related to genetic and health research. She has been featured and quoted in numerous publications including Forbes, Slate, The Washington Post, and FastCompany.

Accolades

Honored as a “Rising Star” for Cybersecurity and Privacy by Law360, 2020

Memberships & Leadership

Privacy Bar Section Advisory Board Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2023-Present
Board of Trustees Member and Digital, Innovation, and Cyber Committee Member, Baptist Health of South Florida, 2022-Present
Health Working Group Lead, Future of Privacy Forum, 2021-2022
Adjunct Professor in Privacy & Technology Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2016-2018
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Adjunct Professor in Privacy & Technology Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2016-2018
Member, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), 2017-2018
Member, Women in Security and Privacy, Board of Directors, 2016-2017
• Board of Directors, Program Development, 2016-2017

Education

George Washington University Law School, JD, 2011
Florida International University, BS, 2008

Bar Admissions

California
Florida

Certifications*

Certified Information Privacy Professional - United States (CIPP/US)

*Not certified as a specialist under Florida or California law.