Tara Clancy is a partner and a member of the Data Protection, Privacy, and Security and Intellectual Property practices. Her practice has consistently focused on advising clients on complex technology issues. She helps clients navigate the evolving legal compliance landscape related to data privacy and data security. As an engineer with experience as an Adjunct Professor of Law, she is adept at translating complex technical concepts into actionable policies and procedures to mitigate business risks. She understands the intersection of data privacy and security laws with emerging digital and data technologies and helps clients leverage technical advancements for business opportunities and advancement. She provides clients counseling to develop best practices in privacy, Ad Tech, cloud storage, and cyber preparedness, including handling data breach responses and investigations. She has extensive experience in commercial transactions involving technology and intellectual property and has advised technology companies in the fields of networking hardware and software, security and control systems, chemical compositions, consumer products, nutritional supplements, heat transfer equipment, medical devices, ion implantation systems, food-manufacturing, and packaging.
Prior to her legal career, Tara worked for the Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company first as an engineer designing capital projects in the papermaking division and then as a business manager responsible for managing the people, pay, production, and profits in the industrial chemicals division. She has design and on the ground experience in mechanical and chemical manufacturing processes and information management systems.
As an experienced counsel to technology companies with the background of working in a multinational corporation, Tara knows how to leverage technology with data privacy and security issues to meet business goals.
Tara is a Certified Information Privacy Professional by the IAPP and is Certified Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age by Harvard University.
