Laura E. Hamady

Laura is an associate in the Intellectual Property Department of Wildman Harrold. She has experience advising clients on privacy and consumer protection laws, and e-commerce issues. Prior to joining Wildman Harrold, Laura worked in the pharmaceutical industry as in-house counsel with a focus on marketing and privacy issues. Laura also has extensive experience counseling a large publishing company on a wide range of promotional matters including, sweepstakes, contests, celebrity product endorsements and cause-related marketing.

Representative Experience:

Counsels on online and offline advertisement and marketing issues, including web site vetting, e-mail and text message campaigns, sweepstakes, contests and other promotions, and consumer protection issues.
Negotiates and drafts advertising, entertainment and technology contracts such as web site development and hosting agreements, advertising agency agreements, and branded entertainment and co-promotion agreements.
Counsels on privacy matters, including reviewing and drafting web site privacy policies and terms of use, and advising on privacy and security-related compliance strategies and programs.
Counsels clients on marketing and database compliance issues, including compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

Publications And Presentations:

Co-Author, "New Data Security Regulations Create Compliance Challenges for Businesses," The Secure Times, Winter 2009.
Co-Author, "New State Regulations Signal Significant Expansion Of Corporate Data Security Obligations," BNA Privacy & Security Law Report, October 20, 2008.
Co-Author, “New Security Regulations Expand Corporate Obligations and Add Duty to Encrypt Personal Data," Client Bulletin, September 2008.
Co-Author, “Two States Implement Sweeping Encryption Requirements For Electronic Records of Personal Information," Client Bulletin, September 2008.

Professional Associations:

International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)

Bar Admissions:

Iowa

Minnesota

Not licensed to practice law in Illinois

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