Amanda Witt, CIPP/E, CIPP/US

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Partner

Amanda Witt assists and advises clients in the areas of information technology, U.S. and global privacy, IoT, information security, e-commerce, cross-border transactions, outsourcing, licensing and procurement, intellectual property protection and transactions, strategic alliances, commercial transactions, software development and licensing, cloud computing, mobile marketing, social media, digital media, payment processing, entertainment/media and electronic signatures.



As part of her practice, Ms. Witt helps clients identify, understand and manage privacy and information security risks, including evaluating a client’s obligations under GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, GLBA, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, BIPA, security breach notification laws, other U.S. state and federal privacy and data security requirements, and global data protection laws (including those in the EU, Canada and Latin America). Ms. Witt is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and (CIPP/E), as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She has been appointed to serve as a Co-Chair of the IAPP Atlanta KnowledgeNet chapter (2016 - 2017), currently serves as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Privacy & Technology Section of the Georgia Bar and also serves as a Board Member of the International Section of the Georgia Bar.



Along with having a master's degree in international intellectual property from a European university (KU Leuven, Belgium), her practice includes advising clients in connection with international software licensing, global privacy, foreign distributorships and foreign procurement of services.



Ms. Witt was recognized in 2020 and 2021 by The Best Lawyers in America® for Privacy and Data Security Law. She was listed in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and ranked nationally as a “Recognized Practitioner” in the area of Privacy & Data Security. Ms. Witt was recognized in 2015 and 2021 by Legal 500 US in the area of Outsourcing.

 

Contributions by Amanda Witt

  • Building a Strategic Privacy Program
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • A Comparison of Latin American Privacy Laws with the GDPR & U.S. Privacy Laws
    Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2021
  • Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2020 - Cancelled
  • Speaker at IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2020 - Cancelled
  • Data Security for Law Firms
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019
  • Privacy Program Management, Second Edition
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