Privacy Law

Privacy law in the United States is a patchwork, with no single federal statute covering most consumer data and a growing roster of state laws that reach any business collecting personal information from state residents. Hank advises online and offline businesses on what they can collect, what they have to disclose, and what they owe a customer who asks to see, correct, or delete their data.

Your privacy policy is an enforceable promise, and the fastest way into trouble is to publish one that doesn't match what you do with data. Hank writes the policy to your data practices, what you collect, why, who you share it with, and the rights you have to offer. Texas businesses now answer to the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, effective July 1, 2024, which gives consumers the right to access, correct, delete, and opt out of the sale of their personal data and of targeted advertising. California, Virginia, Colorado, and a dozen more states impose their own versions, so a company selling nationwide has to satisfy the strictest rule that reaches its customers.

A policy on the website is only the visible part of privacy compliance. Hank drafts the data-processing terms that bind the vendors and platforms that touch your customers' information, builds the process for handling consumer requests within the deadlines the statutes set, and prepares for the breach notification obligations that follow a security incident under Texas law and the laws of every other state. When you collect data from children, sell to European customers, or run promotions that gather entries, he folds COPPA, the GDPR, and the disclosure rules into the same compliance picture instead of treating each as a separate fire.

Hank has counseled eCommerce companies, software and SaaS businesses, marketers, and service providers on building privacy practices that withstand a regulator and a contract audit alike. Every engagement works toward the same result, data practices you can describe accurately, defend if challenged, and rely on as the law keeps changing.