Cynthia J. Larose, Chair of Mintz’s Privacy & Security Practice, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and a Member of the Corporate & Securities Practice of Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., will be speaking  at the Women Corporate Directors Boston Chapter meeting on October 7th.  The meeting is being held at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston. 

Ms. Larose’s topic is entitled “Governance of a Data Breach.”  Her presentation will cover the legal compliance and regulatory reporting responsibilities of the board in the event of a data breach, whether the company has violated privacy regulations, SEC issues and board considerations for adding cyber insurance coverage to directors and officers insurance policies. 

Women Corporate Directors (WCD) is the only global membership organization and community of women corporate directors. With over 2,000 members who serve on over 3,500 boards in 54 chapters on six continents, WCD acts as a bold catalyst for thought leadership, networking, and new relationships.

Ms. Larose represents companies in information, communications, and technology, including e-commerce and other electronic transactions. She has extensive experience in privacy, data security, and information management matters, including state, federal, and international laws and regulations on the use and transfer of information, behavioral advertising, data security breach compliance and incident response, data breach incident response planning, as well as data transfers in the context of mergers and acquisitions and technology transactions.

Ms. Larose conducts privacy audits and risk assessments to determine data and transaction flow and to assess privacy practices, and assists with drafting and implementation of privacy policies and information security policies and procedures and monitoring of privacy “best practices” across all levels of the enterprise.