Linn F Freedman
USA Guide 2024
Band 5 : Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity
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Provided by Linn F Freedman
Practice Areas
Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, HIPAA, Education, Health Law, Litigation, Exempt Organizations, Government Enforcement, Internal Investigations, Corporate Compliance, Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Financial Services Cyber-Compliance
Career
Linn Freedman, chair of Robinson+Cole’s Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team, practices in data privacy and security law, cybersecurity, and complex litigation. She provides guidance on data privacy and cybersecurity compliance to a full range of public and private clients across all industries, such as construction, education, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, utilities and critical infrastructure, marine, and charitable organizations. Linn helps clients comply with all state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, and counsels them on state and federal data privacy and security investigations. Linn advises companies and organizations on best practices for the collection, maintenance, and sharing of high-risk data, to help avoid breaches and cyber intrusions. She assists with data mapping and development of privacy and security plans. She helps clients comply with constantly evolving, industry-specific privacy and data protection regulatory requirements, including TCPA, COPPA, FCRA, FERPA, HIPAA, CCPA, CalOPPA, the Gramm- Leach Bliley Act and state specific laws and regulations. Linn also assists clients with Written Information Security Plans (WISPs). She provides guidance regarding privacy and data protection implications associated with the deployment of mobile communication and data storage technologies, mobile applications, and location-based services. She works with clients to develop software and cloud vendor agreements, website and mobile app privacy policies and terms and conditions of use, and social media policies, practices and procedures. Linn has given presentations around the country on data privacy and cybersecurity, and she writes extensively on these topics, including for Robinson+Cole’s Data Privacy + Security Insider blog. Linn assists clients with data breach preparedness, including assisting with vendor choice and pre-negotiating contracts for forensic, notification, and call center services. She also assists with the development and training of data breach response teams. If there is a data breach, Linn assists with all related response, notification, remediation, coordination, and litigation. She is well-versed in helping clients with post-breach investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, and state attorney general offices. She also provides security incident tabletop exercises for clients. If a data breach or privacy issue results in litigation or an enforcement action, Linn works with clients to resolve the matter through the court system or before federal or state regulatory agencies. She also represents various companies in privacy litigation matters around unauthorized access, use or disclosure of personally identifiable and health information and in retrieving the unauthorized transfer of data from companies by employees. Linn is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island and works with the AGs of multiple states around compliance and enforcement actions involving data breaches and data security. Linn has extensive experience helping clients with HIPAA compliance. She regularly assists with HIPAA compliance programs and employee awareness training, cybersecurity in relation to patient portals, and data use and sharing agreements for health information exchanges. She has deep experience helping clients defend enforcement actions by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services. Linn is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law.
Professional Memberships
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Publications
Linn writes extensively, including for the firm’s Data Privacy + Security Insider blog (www.dataprivacyandsecurityinsider.com), speaks at national conferences and is frequently interviewed by publications.
Chambers Review
USA
Linn Freedman of Robinson & Cole counts data breach response and defending resulting privacy claims as important pillars of her practice, which regularly sees her acting for healthcare businesses.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Linn provides excellent counsel on a wide range of privacy and information security matters."
"She is a true professional with deep knowledge."
"Linn provides excellent counsel on a wide range of privacy and information security matters."
"She is a true professional with deep knowledge."
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