Data Privacy Regulations in the U.S.

In the last five years, data privacy has become a more important issue than ever in the US. Federal inaction has led states to take the lead on regulating areas of online privacy, reproductive health data, and children’s privacy. Andrew Kingman (Class of ’00, FA Trustee) is President of Mariner Strategies LLC and works on these issues for the business community. Kingman will discuss why Congress hasn’t passed legislation in this area, what the states are doing, and what the next several years portend for issues such as Artificial Intelligence.
Andrew Kingman is the President of Mariner Strategies LLC. Among other clients, he represents the State Privacy & Security Coalition, which works on data privacy and cybersecurity issues in all 50 states. As a public policy advocate with experience in compliance, he brings a unique and substantive perspective to discussions on how best to increase consumer privacy protections while maintaining operational workability and cybersecurity protections for businesses. He is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field and in 2020, he was named as one of 25 attorneys named to Massachusetts’ Lawyers Weekly’s “Up and Coming Lawyers” list. He is a 2000 graduate of Falmouth Academy and received his BA in government from Skidmore College and his JD from Suffolk University Law School.