Scot is co-chair of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Practice. As a
former chief privacy officer and leveraging more than ten years of
management and compliance experience in Fortune 500 companies,
Scot brings a diverse business background to his privacy and data
security practice. Scot has represented clients in a variety of sectors,
including consumer reporting, construction, healthcare, and
manufacturing. Scot assists clients in all areas of the data life cycle,
including:
Scot assists clients in dealing with a variety of data governance
regulations, including HIPAA, GLBA, FCRA, and state laws governing
personally identifiable information. Scot counsels clients on
compliance with various information security standards, including
PCI-DSS for credit card data, ISO and NIST. Scot also represents
clients in responding to information security events, including data
breach. Scot holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional
(“CIPP/US”) certification and has presented and written extensively on
the topics of data protection and de-identification, and moderated
panels on privacy. Scot has spoken in Washington, D.C., at the Global
Summit of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and
the Privacy + Security Conference. Scot was also a speaker at TEDx
Dayton 2016 at the Victoria Theater, where he spoke on the “Humanity
in Privacy.”