Practice Areas
Melissa Krasnow is recognized in Chambers Global Privacy & Data Security and USA - Nationwide Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity, USA - Nationwide Privacy & Data Security: Privacy, and USA - Nationwide Technology in 2024 and in Chambers USA - Nationwide Privacy & Data Security and USA - Nationwide Technology in 2022 and 2023.
Advises on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), financial services regulatory laws (including Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act), and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and state laws (including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)), and the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Counsels on data breaches/incidents/other events (ransomware, account takeover, business email compromise, phishing, and vulnerabilities), cyber governance, and crisis management.
Prepares written information security programs (WISPs) and incident response plans.
Facilitates and participates in tabletop exercises.
Reviews cyber liability insurance policies.
Advises boards of directors and officers on privacy, data security, and technology risk oversight and developments.
Counsels on regulatory inquiries and compliance with state, federal, and international privacy and data security, advertising and marketing, governance, and regulated industry laws.
Prepares website and mobile application privacy policies and terms and technology policies.
Negotiates (and renegotiates in the wake of data breaches/incidents/other events) technology and commercial transactions, including master services agreements (MSAs), non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), data security addenda (DSAs), business associate agreements (BAAs), data processing agreements (DPAs), and CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy law agreements.
Handles privacy and data security diligence and negotiates deal terms in mergers and acquisitions and other transactions.
Advises on artificial intelligence and big data.
Personal
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 1992.
A.B., Wellesley College, 1989, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Durant Scholar.
University of British Columbia, visiting student, 1987-1988, Class 1 Standing.
