Experience
Mason Fitch is a Senior Associate at Hintze Law PLLC and a member of the firm’s Health & Biotech Team. Mason provides strategic advice to a wide range of clients involving novel uses of data, particularly in healthcare. He has deep expertise in enabling marketing in sensitive fields, leveraging his in-house experience and in-depth understanding of tracking technologies. He regularly interfaces with business, marketing, and engineering teams to craft data use solutions and governance models that enable complex business priorities. He has represented clients in regulatory investigations before the Federal Trade Commission, the Texas Attorney General, the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office, and the Austrian and Turkish Data Protection Authorities.
Mason has significant experience in-house, both in legal and program management contexts. At Hintze Law, Mason has seconded with a top social media company, a telecommunications company, and two genetic testing companies. Prior to Hintze Law, he was the first privacy hire at Hims & Hers Health, where he was responsible for all legal issues relating to privacy and security as well as the development of a privacy program. Prior to Hims & Hers Health, Mason was a Manager on the Privacy Program team at Meta (formerly Facebook). His team was responsible for conducting privacy reviews for all new or different uses of user data across Meta’s messaging platforms, including Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram Direct. He launched the privacy review process at WhatsApp.
Mason started his legal career as an Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he counseled clients on GDPR compliance and participated in several high-profile white-collar investigations.
Prior to law school, Mason was an 8th Grade U.S. History teacher and History Department Head at Aiea Intermediate School in Aiea, Hawaii through Teach for America.