Reed Smith Boosts Tech Expertise: Renowned Privacy Lawyer Tyler Thompson On Board
Reed Smith Expands Privacy and Technology Offering with Addition of Tyler Thompson
Reed Smith is pleased to announce the expansion of its privacy and technology offering with the addition of Tyler Thompson, a seasoned attorney with a sophisticated practice in digital compliance and technology law.
Thompson’s practice focuses on digital compliance, ensuring clients’ websites, platforms, and mobile apps meet regulatory requirements while maintaining a seamless user experience. He also supports clients in creating enforceable digital agreements with platform users and helps reduce website scraping risk.
In addition to his digital compliance expertise, Thompson has designed and implemented comprehensive privacy programs for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups, ensuring compliance with U.S. and international privacy laws. He advises on data retention and minimization, privacy by design, data inventories, and privacy impact assessments.
Thompson’s expertise in the technology space includes advising clients on artificial intelligence, open-source software, digital marketing, software licensing, and SaaS agreements. He also works with clients to modernize commercial contracting processes and privacy practices, enabling in-house attorneys to function more efficiently and conserve resources.
Thompson is accredited by the American Bar Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Privacy Law Specialist. He holds multiple certifications from the IAPP, including Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional, Fellow of Information Privacy, Certified Information Privacy Manager, Certified Information Privacy Technologist, and Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada. Thompson is also an ISACA Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE).
Reed Smith’s Emerging Technologies practice brings together over 200 lawyers worldwide to offer a diverse range of technology and data-related legal services. The firm’s robust technology practice handles compliance, counseling, disputes, class action defense, and technology and data-driven deals, covering crucial areas such as artificial intelligence, data governance, digital and transformative technologies, incident response, data privacy and security, disputes and investigations, and tech transactions and outsourcing.
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