With more than 20 years of experience advising on high-profile matters involving confidential data and other sensitive information, Tanya Forsheit is widely considered one of the top privacy and data security lawyers in the country.
Tanya’s practice focuses on the protection, processing and monetization of data, including matters related to interest-based advertising, privacy policies, mobile apps, cloud computing, smart devices, and data analytics. Clients routinely call upon Tanya to help respond to time-sensitive security events and she has advised on hundreds of such incidents.
Additionally, Tanya continuously evaluates and interprets evolving laws, rules, regulations and guidance to assist clients in maintaining compliance with the rapidly changing privacy and data security legal landscape. She has worked with over a hundred clients on the compliance requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act, as well as dozens of multinational clients on the compliance requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. She is currently representing dozens more in preparing for, and addressing the policy implications of, the California Privacy Rights Act, taking effect in January 2023.