Privacy & Data Security
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP works with clients to design practical, risk-based privacy and data governance strategies that support regulatory compliance, innovation, and growth across the data lifecycle.
We advise companies on how to responsibly collect, use, share, and commercialize data. Our focus is forward-looking regulatory and product counseling, helping clients operationalize privacy and data protection in ways that are workable, scalable, and aligned with real-world business operations.
Supported by a deeply experienced team, we help clients understand what the law requires today, anticipate what is coming next, and design programs that can evolve as products, markets, and technologies change.
Privacy & Data Governance Services
We partner closely with in‑house legal, compliance, IT, product, security, and business leaders to integrate privacy and data governance into day‑to‑day operations. Our work frequently involves reconciling overlapping and sometimes inconsistent requirements across U.S. federal and state laws and global privacy frameworks, as well as emerging AI-specific regulatory regimes, translating legal obligations into clear, defensible operating models.
Whether supporting a new product launch, advising on AI-enabled features or data-driven business models, negotiating a critical technology or data-sharing agreement, or building a global privacy program, we bring clarity, precision, and practical judgment to every engagement.
Core Capabilities
Regulatory counseling and compliance strategy
We advise clients on the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of privacy, data protection, and AI governance programs across a broad range of U.S. and international regimes, including state consumer privacy laws, sector-specific requirements, global frameworks, and emerging AI regulations and standards. Our approach emphasizes practical, risk-based compliance, moving beyond compliance theater to establish durable programs that withstand regulatory scrutiny and support product development and commercialization. By developing a deep understanding of each client’s business, data uses, and technology stack, we provide tailored guidance that addresses current obligations while anticipating emerging regulatory and technology-driven developments.
Data mapping, inventories, and AI-related risk assessments
We help clients develop a clear understanding of how data is collected, used, shared, retained, and leveraged across systems and business units. Our work includes enterprise-wide data inventories, mapping of internal and external data flows, and the development of privacy, AI, and security risk assessment processes. These efforts support informed decision-making around product design, vendor relationships, and data-related transactions, while providing a strong foundation for compliance and governance.
Policies, notices, and internal governance
We draft and refine external privacy notices and internal governance documentation to ensure alignment between legal requirements and actual business practices. Our work includes consumer-facing disclosures, internal privacy and data governance policies, records retention programs, and accountability frameworks. We focus on clarity, accuracy, and operational fit, helping clients adopt documentation that can be implemented and maintained over time.
Vendor management and third-party risk
We support clients throughout the lifecycle of third-party data relationships, from initial diligence to ongoing oversight. Our work includes developing diligence questionnaires, conducting risk assessments, advising on mitigation strategies, and drafting and negotiating contractual protections tailored to the sensitivity of the data and the nature of the relationship.
Data transactions
We advise on the privacy and data protection aspects of commercial agreements where data or technology is a core asset or material risk. Our work includes drafting and negotiating data processing agreements, cross-border transfer mechanisms, technology and AI licensing agreements, data-sharing arrangements, and tailored contractual frameworks supporting global operations and complex data supply chains.
M&A and transactional diligence
We regularly assist buyers, sellers, and investors in evaluating privacy, data protection, and AI-related risk in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions. Our services include diligence planning and execution, review of policies and practices, risk analysis, and the development of transaction-specific representations, covenants, and remediation plans. We also advise on post-closing integration to align governance programs across combined organizations.
Training
We design training programs that translate legal requirements into practical guidance for the individuals who design, deploy, and manage data-driven and AI-enabled products. Our offerings include enterprise-wide awareness training, role-based modules for executives and product teams, and targeted instruction for operational personnel. These programs reinforce accountability, promote consistent decision-making, and reduce risk through informed day-to-day practices.
