Taylor Widawski

Taylor Widawski is a Partner at Hintze Law PLLC and is co-chair of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Group and FinTech + Financial Services Privacy Group.

Taylor advises clients on privacy and security matters and has rich experience providing strategic advice on AI & privacy programs as well as AI & privacy product counseling across a variety of industries and topics.

Taylor has significant in-house experience. Most recently, Taylor has seconded with a top social media company. Before joining Hintze Law, Taylor was in-house privacy counsel at T-Mobile and Chime Financial. Taylor also worked at an AmLaw 100 firm where she focused on privacy counseling as well as defending against consumer class actions and other litigation with an emphasis on technology and privacy related matters.

Taylor’s experience leading privacy programs in-house allows her to provide simple and actionable advice with an eye toward scalability in uncertain regulatory environments. It has also given her the ability to seamlessly work with a variety of stakeholders including C-Suite executives and senior leadership, product, marketing, technology and IT, security, and engineering. She excels at distilling complex requirements into easily understood, practical, and actionable advice.

Representative areas of expertise include advising on matters relating to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CDPA), Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), CAN-SPAM, COPPA, GDPR, GLBA, TCPA, VPPA, adtech and martech, fintech, biometrics, assessing and integrating privacy practices and programs post mergers and acquisitions, employee privacy, privacy and security by design, vendor risk management, negotiation of privacy and security terms in data processing agreements, drafting and conducting privacy impact assessments, and developing and providing role-based privacy training.

Memberships

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Education

Washington University, JD, 2016
University of Washington, BA, 2013

Bar Admissions

Washington

Certifications*

Certified Information Privacy Professional – United States (CIPP/US)
Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E)

*The Supreme Court of Washington does not recognize certification and certification is not a requirement to practice law in the State of Washington.