Privacy and Cyber Law attorney Ted Claypoole will be a featured speaker at the Practicing Law Institute’s 18th Annual Institute on Privacy and Data Security Law June 12-13 in Chicago. This program focuses on current critical issues of information privacy, cybersecurity and data protection faced by all companies. Speakers will discuss the privacy and security implications of expanding the information economy and its continuously evolving risks, with the goal of keeping attorneys and other privacy professionals informed and up-to-date in this complex and ever-evolving area of laws and regulations.

Ted Claypoole is a Partner of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and leads the firm’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Team. Ted manages information security risk and cross-border data transfer issues, including those involving the European Union and the Data Protection Safe Harbor. He helps businesses monetize their data and build data-centric business models, including building data protections for Internet connected devices of all types. He also negotiates and prepares business process outsourcing, distribution, branding, software development, hosted application and electronic commerce agreements for all types of companies.