Posts by Kristie Prinz
Privacy and AI Lawyer Kristie Prinz to Speak on “Managing the Legal Risks of AI”
Privacy and AI Lawyer Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on “Managing the Legal Risks of Artificial Intelligence on Intellectual Property and Confidential Information” for the Orange County Bar Association, Health Care Law Section on August 27, 2025 from 12-1 p.m. PT. The presentation has been approved for 1.0 MCLE Credit. To register, please sign…
Read MoreRecording Released of “Best Practices for Launching a Software Development Project”
The Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog is pleased to announce that the recording of the recent presentation by Privacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz on “Best Practices for Launching a Software Development Project” is now available at this link: https://theprinzlawoffice.vhx.tv/products/best-practices-for-a-software-development-project.
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz authors article on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)
Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog is pleased to announce that the article authored by Kristie Prinz on “Managing the Legal Risks of Artificial Intelligence on Intellectual Property and Confidential Information” has just been published online by the American Psychological Association’s Consulting Psychology Journal. Digital access to the final published article is available for purchase at…
Read MoreKristie Prinz to Lead New Silicon Valley Group in ProVisors
I am pleased to announce that I am a new ProVisors home group leader in the Silicon Valley Region. I will be leading a new Silicon Valley Virtual 1 Group, which will be an all-virtual home group for service providers engaged in Silicon Valley business. The group will meet the first Friday of the month…
Read MoreKristie Prinz to Speak at Practicing Law Institute Program
The Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz of The Prinz Law Office will be speaking at an upcoming one-day Practicing Law Institute Program to be held on October 9, 2024 at the PLI headquarters in San Francisco, California. Kristie will be speaking on “Drafting Privacy Policies for Devices with No User Interface – What…
Read MorePrivacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz Introduces The Prinz Law Office
Privacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz introduces The Prinz Law Office in this recorded video on 8.20.24.
Read MorePrivacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz Selected as Super Lawyer Northern California
The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce that Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz has been selected to the 2024 Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of…
Read MoreThe Prinz Law Office Announces Launch of New Service Offerings Effective August 1, 2024
The Prinz Law Office has recently announced the launch of three new service offerings to our clients, which were effective August 1, 2024. First, we have made available a new fractional counsel services plan for those of our clients seeking a recurring monthly arrangement with the firm based on an anticipated volume of work at…
Read MoreIntroduction to Kristie Prinz
This video was recorded by Kristie Prinz on 7.9.24 as an introduction video.
Read MoreThe Prinz Law Office Launches New Subscription Plans
The Prinz Law Office is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription plan, which is intended to simplify the process of working with a lawyer for companies as well as individuals. The firm’s subscription plans have been been designed to uniquely enable clients to hire and communicate with counsel without the fear or…
Read MoreJudge Blocks California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”)
Ars Technica is reporting that a federal judge has ordered a preliminary injunction stopping California’s attorney general from enforcing California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”), finding that the “law likely violates the First Amendment.” According to the Ars Technica‘s reporting, the judge found that “the age estimation and privacy provisions thus appear likely to impede…
Read MoreThe Prinz Law Office Adopts New Fixed Rate & Subscription Billing Packages
I am excited to announce that my firm is adopting a number of new options for working with our clients. We received feedback asking for new fixed rate and subscription packages for specific business scenarios, and in response to that feedback we have designed a variety of new packages designed around those requests. These options…
Read MoreFTC Announces Settlement with Twitter Over Deceptive Use of Account Security Data
The Federal and Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced today a settlement with Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) in which Twitter agreed to pay $150 million for its alleged misuse of user account security data, specifically email addresses and phone numbers, for advertising purposes. The government alleged that the misuse of account data was in violation of a 2011…
Read MoreIntroduction to Digital Health Workshop for Non-Lawyers
Date: June 18, 2022 Start Date Location: Virtual Price: $699 Register How are digital health contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate them? Silicon Valley Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory workshop on digital health contracts negotiation for nonlawyers. In this workshop, she will address:…
Read MoreIntroductory Digital Health Contracts Workshop for Lawyers
Dates: May 30th Start Date Location: Virtual Price: $699 Register Are you a lawyer who would like to expand your practice niche into the digital health area? Would you like to know the basics about negotiating and drafting these types of agreements? Join Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz in an introductory digital health contracts workshop…
Read MoreIntroduction to Software Contracts Workshop for Lawyers
Location: Virtual Workshop Date: May 28, 2022 Price: $699 Register Are you a lawyer who would like to expand your practice niche into the software contracts area? Would you like to know the basics about negotiating and drafting these types of agreements? Join Software Lawyer Kristie Prinz in an introductory software contracts workshop intended for…
Read MoreIntroduction to Negotiating Digital Health Contracts
How are digital health contracts unique from other business contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate them? Silicon Valley Privacy and Digital Health Lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory webinar on May 16th at 10 a.m. PST on “Introduction to Negotiating Digital Health Contracts” which will provide an overview of the basic…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz’s Webinar on “Best Practices for Drafting and Negotiating SaaS Contracts” Now Available
If you missed the recent webinar by Silicon Valley Privacy Lawyer Kristie Prinz on “Best Practices for Negotiating and Drafting SaaS Contracts,” a recording of the program is now available on demand for viewing. To view the program, please visit this link.
Read MoreIntroduction to Negotiating & Drafting SaaS Agreements
Date & Time: December 14, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PST Price: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite How are SaaS agreements unique from other technology contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate and draft them? Silicon Valley SaaS lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory webinar on December 14,…
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy
Date & Time: December 8, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PST Price: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the continued economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19 and ongoing disruptions to large sectors of the worldwide economy, what are the current best practices to adopt in the negotiation of SaaS agreements? Silicon Valley…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy”
Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will present a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy” on December 8, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST. To learn more about the program or to register, please click here.
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating SaaS Agreements in an Uncertain Economy
Date & Time: December 14, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite How are SaaS agreements unique from other technology contracts? What do you need to know to negotiate and draft them? Silicon Valley SaaS lawyer Kristie Prinz will present an introductory webinar on December 14, 2020…
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating Development Agreements in an Uncertain Economy
Date & Time: April 13, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PST Price: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the rapidly developing changes affecting businesses due to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus infection, and the widespread fear of the potential economic fallout, what are some of the best…
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating Master Services Agreements in an Uncertain Economy
Date & Time: April 6, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PST Price: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite With the rapidly developing changes affecting businesses due to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus infection, and the widespread fear of the potential economic fallout, what are some of the best…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Series of Webinars on Negotiating in an Uncertain Economy
The Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a series of webinars on negotiating in a very uncertain economy, sharing practice tips developed and lessons learned from the last recession. Kristie will be kicking off the series with a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating Master Services Agreements in an Uncertain Economy”…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present Webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing Customer Relationships”
Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing Customer Relationships” on March 31, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST/ 1 p.m. EST. The program will be hosted by The Prinz Law Office. To register, please sign up at Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz to Present on Negotiating SaaS Contracts for Clear Law Institute
Silicon Valley Privacy Law Blog’s Kristie Prinz will be presenting a webinar for Clear Law Institute on “Negotiating SaaS Contracts: Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting Customer and Vendor Interests” on March 23, 2020 at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST. To register for the program, please sign up at: Negotiating SaaS Contracts:Drafting Key Contract Provisions, Protecting…
Read MoreLast Minute Tips for Procrastinators: What Your Company Needs to Know about the January 1, 2020 Effective Date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
If your company is like many, you have known about the upcoming effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), but are still making last minute preparations in advance of it going into effect. If you are one of many procrastinators out there just starting to think about the law, the Silicon Valley Software…
Read MoreLegal Developments Impacting the Software Industry 2019
Date & Time: November 21, 2019, 10-11:15 PST Price: $125 Early Bird, $150 General Admission, $175 Last Minute & On-Demand Register on Eventbrite Watch On-Demand The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on “Legal Developments Impacting the Software Industry in 2019” which will provide an overview of what software companies need to know about key…
Read MoreCalifornia Passes New Data Broker Law In Anticipation of January 1, 2020 Effective Date of California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Software companies in the business of brokering data are on notice: the state of California intends to keep you on a tight leash. In anticipation of the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California took yet another bold step to protecting the personal information of Californians when it passed …
Read MoreCalifornia Finalizes California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) In Anticipation of January 1st, 2020 Effective Date
In anticipation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) going into effect on January 1, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed into law seven amendments to the statute, and the California Department of Justice published the text of its new regulations to be adopted in furtherance of the CCPA. The signed bills are…
Read MoreBest Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing SaaS Customer Relationships
The Prinz Law Office is sponsoring a webinar on “Best Practices for Negotiating SaaS Contracts & Managing SaaS Customer Relationships” which will provide an overview of how SaaS companies should be drafting customer agreements and what steps they should be taking to manage the SaaS customer relationship after the agreement is signed. At this webinar, you…
Read MoreFacebook Agrees to Record $5 Billion Settlement with FTC on Privacy Practices
Multiple media outlets are reporting today that the Federal Trade Commission has agreed to settle its case against Facebook on its privacy practices for $5 Billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the vote by FTC commissioners was 3-2 in favor of accepting the agreement and split along party lines with the Republican majority favoring…
Read MoreFTC Puts Software Companies and Service Providers on Notice of Broad Enforcement Powers Under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Safeguards Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has put software companies and software service providers on notice it intends to interpret the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule broadly to apply to businesses which make available software or services that serve financial, payroll, and accounting purposes and collect sensitive data on consumers and their employees. The FTC recently announced…
Read MoreRecent FTC Enforcement Action Should Serve as Warning to Other Software Companies Claiming Privacy Shield Compliance
If your company has either pursued Privacy Shield certification, or publicly claimed to be in pursuit of Privacy Shield certification, recent enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) should put your company on notice that failure to maintain your certification may render you subject to FTC enforcement activity if you continue to make representations…
Read MoreTechnology and Telecommunication Companies Lobby Congress to Adopt Federal Privacy Bill to Pre-empt California Data Privacy Law
USA Today is reporting that multiple technology and telecommunication companies are lobbying Congress to pass federal privacy legislation that would pre-empt the new privacy law recently passed in California which grants sweeping protections to consumers. In particular, USA Today reports that Amazon, AT&T, Apple, Google, Twitter and Charter Communications are leading the lobbying effort and…
Read MoreIn Aftermath of GDPR, California Passes Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
After spending months preparing to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), software companies now have a new U.S. data privacy law to be concerned with. California has just passed a landmark data privacy law of its own: the Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. To view the text of the law, click…
Read MoreIrish Court Has Referred Case to European Court Which Challenges Privacy Shield: Will the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Withstand Scrutiny by the European High Court?
If your software company has pursued Privacy Shield certification or is contemplating pursuit of certification, then you should know that an Irish Court has referred a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which could potentially invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as it previously did with the Privacy Shield predecessor, Safe Harbor,…
Read MoreWhat Software Companies Need to Know about the EU General Data Protection Regulation
If your business is in the software industry and you are doing any business in Europe, you should be aware of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), as it will apply to your business when it goes into effect on May 25, 2018. You also may want to consider pursuing Privacy Shield certification before…
Read MoreRecent FTC Enforcement Actions Should Serve as Warning to Software Industry about Privacy Practices
If your software company is like most, you have probably spent little or no time contemplating what needs to be in your company’s privacy policy. In fact, what your company is currently calling its privacy policy was likely copied from a third party website years ago and never given much thought since. Meanwhile, your company…
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