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Susan Hintze

Susan Hintze

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Susan Hintze has provided legal counsel to tech and e-commerce clients for over 20 years - 19 years of which have been focused exclusively in the area of privacy and security. She focuses on regulatory compliance, legislative policy, and defends companies against federal, state, and city enforcement actions. She advises technology, analytics, advertising, social media, streaming video, gaming, ecommerce, and mobile companies on a wide range of U.S. and global privacy and data security issues. Representative areas include GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, FERPA, the FTC Act, COPPA, Video Privacy Protection Act, SMS and telemarketing laws, data security and breach notice obligations, online and mobile advertising and tracking, data transactions, privacy due diligence, facial recognition and biometrics, cloud computing, AI, and financial privacy.

Career

Susan formerly co-chaired Cooley LLP's privacy group and co-led Perkins Coie's privacy group. She gained valuable in-house experience as Microsoft privacy counsel advising security, global sales and marketing, X-Box, HR, and legislative policy teams on privacy, data security, and online safety issues. She also served as former lead privacy counsel at Dell.

Professional Memberships

Susan is a frequent speaker and International Association of Privacy Professionals Bar Section Advisory Board Chair and former RSA Privacy Track Co-Chair and ALI Privacy Project Adviser

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Chambers Global Guide

Privacy & Data Security: Privacy - USA

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Susan Hintze is the founding and managing-partner of Hintze Law particularly sought after for her expertise in the interplay of cutting-edge technology with data security regulations.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Susan is fantastic and a great leader in this space.

    Privacy & Data Security: PrivacyChambers Global Guide
  • Susan is one of the best lawyers I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Her ability to explain the details of the law and roll it up are impeccable.

    Privacy & Data Security: PrivacyChambers Global Guide
  • Susan is a joy to work with.

    Privacy & Data Security: PrivacyChambers Global Guide
  • Her experience across a range of companies, keen awareness of the regulatory environment and ability to distil complex topics into guidance make her an exceptional privacy and data security lawyer.

    Privacy & Data Security: PrivacyChambers Global Guide

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