Creating a Culture of Privacy: Structuring a Privacy Program that Delivers

Ryan Logan is a special counsel in S&C’s General Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Cybersecurity Group and Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Group. His practice focuses on complex, cross-border data privacy and cyber breach matters, including compliance with state, federal and international privacy laws, regulations and requirements. These include the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other state privacy laws, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), New York Department of Financial Services’ Cybersecurity Regulations, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and CAN-SPAM. Ryan also advises clients on all facets of data breach preparedness, response and remediation, including regulatory investigations; and develops records management policies and retention schedules.

Ryan has represented clients from a wide range of industries, including financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, technology, automotive, industrial services, energy, and consumer and retail. His knowledge of clients’ businesses and the evolving privacy landscape enables him to effectively guide clients through the full range of data privacy and security issues. His experience includes advising on privacy and security issues and provisions in connection with mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; developing privacy and information security notices, policies and procedures, and risk assessments; providing product and strategic counseling with respect to privacy and data analytics; developing cross-border data transfer compliance strategies; negotiating privacy and information security agreements, including complex outsourcing agreements; and advising on employee privacy issues including employee monitoring, geolocation tracking and return-to-work programs.

Ryan is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Amy Cisrow-Peterson is a trusted In-House Counsel with more than 10 years of experience. As Assistant General Counsel, she has achieved favorable results in high-profile litigation matters through hands-on involvement and remaining corporate client-focused. Her distinctive blend of courtroom, corporate, and private practice experience equips her to provide decisive and tactical advice that aide retained counsel in developing unique resolutions that best benefit corporate culture. Her strong sense of integrity has made her a valuable asset to the company as a trusted advisor to senior management. She has firmly established herself as a key contact to multiple corporate departments who rely not only on my ability to draft and negotiate various documents and transactional agreements but also to serve as the liaison between these departments and the Legal Department.

I am an attorney and risk management professional with experience in regulatory compliance (with a particular focus on data privacy and cybersecurity), cyber incident response, contract negotiation, and insurance litigation and coverage disputes. I am admitted to practice law in New York and New New Jersey.

In addition, I am a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and (CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). I am passionate about cybersecurity, data privacy, and the means by which the two are increasingly interwoven into the regulatory and legal framework of the economy.

Julie L. Cantor has worked in the legal field since 2014. Julie L. began their career at McDermott Will & Emery as a Private Client Associate, writing memoranda interpreting and summarizing various facets of trust, tax, real estate, partnership, charitable donation, international charity organization, art, fiduciary accounting, and cemetery law, as well as drafting a wide range of documents. In 2015, they joined Compass as Senior Counsel, Employment, Corporate Counsel, and Associate Counsel. Julie L. then moved to Studs in 2022, where they currently serve as Associate General Counsel. Prior to their legal career, Julie was a 7th and 8th Grade Math Teacher and Teach For America Corps Member at Paul Public Charter School. Julie L. taught students who were up to eight grades behind grade level and used excel data to analyze and communicate student achievement with various stakeholders.

Julie L. Cantor obtained a Doctor of Law (JD) from Columbia Law School between 2012 and 2014. Prior to that, they obtained a Master of Arts in Teaching from American University between 2009 and 2011, with a focus on Secondary Mathematics. Finally, they obtained a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University between 2005 and 2009.

Alexander Arato is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Endeavor.

Mr. Arato has a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D, magna cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.