Beau Braswell has specialized in data privacy and cybersecurity for over eight years of legal practice. He began his legal career in the United States Department of Justice where he obtained a TS/SCI clearance and advised on data protection in the law enforcement and intelligence contexts.
He then served as in-house counsel at a Fortune 500 company operating in over 40 countries, where he advised on U.S. and international privacy laws, including a particular emphasis on the federal and provincial laws of Canada and the laws of Europe and the UK, Argentina, Brazil, and China.
Beau brought his extensive experience and passion for data privacy to Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP in 2024, where he advises clients regarding the following matters:
- Applicability of and compliance with all U.S. state comprehensive privacy laws.
- Contract, notice, and policy drafting and negotiation, including data processing agreements and website/app privacy notices.
- Due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions.
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning, including the CO AI Act and EU AI Act.
- Children’s data processing.
- Social media laws.
- Data protection impact assessments.
- Cross-border transfers including Data Privacy Framework registration and standard contract clauses.
- Cybersecurity and breach response.
- Data subject rights requests.
- Biometric data processing laws, including BIPA.
- Text messaging and email legal compliance, including under TCPA and CAN-SPAM.
- Third-party data sharing matters such as data sales, cookies, chat bots, embedded videos, and screen recording, including under the VPPA.
