This video was recorded by Kristie Prinz on 7.9.24 as an introduction video.

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...

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,...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Date & Time: December 8, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice:  $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...

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...

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?...

Date & Time: April 13, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $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...

Date & Time: April 6, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PSTPrice: $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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Date & Time: November 21, 2019, 10-11:15 PSTPrice: $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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you are a cloud service provider or a software provider who offers maintenance services to enterprise-level companies, then your company has likely had occasion to negotiate indemnification clauses relating to data breaches.  Moreover, your company has probably had to...

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that apps on the market overall are not providing users with even basic privacy protections. The report focused on research conducted by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, which is a coalition of privacy...

The FTC has just announced proposed changes to its existing rules protecting children's online privacy and is currently accepting public comment to the proposed rules through September 10, 2012.  The proposed changes would amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule...

President Obama yesterday unveiled his new consumer privacy initiative, as was announced on the White House website.  To view the full text of the initiative, click here. The purpose of the initiative is to urge Congress to adopt a Consumer...