Michael Young is a senior associate on Alston & Bird's Privacy & Data Security Team. Michael focuses his practice on data privacy advising and technology transactions. He supports projects involving complex technologies and sensitive, confidential or personal data, including:
- Working with legal and business teams to create “legal architecture” (such as processes, notices, contracts, compliance guidelines and diligence) related to the development of new products or services.
- Advising on data management and information security breaches, including in highly regulated contexts.
- Technology contracting and procurement, including the development of negotiating playbooks and strategies.
- Drafting internal and external privacy policies, procedures and notices, including website privacy policies and terms of use, and notices under Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the Fair Credit Reporting Act and others.
Michael regularly helps global organizations navigate issues such as international data transfers, data retention, internal employee monitoring and investigations, information security regulations and cloud services deployments.
Michael received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Ohio State University (Order of the Coif) and his LL.M. in legal theory from New York University. Michael holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in philosophy with a minor in computer science from the College of Wooster. Michael is CIPP/US and CIPP/EU. Prior to law school, Michael worked as a technology manager, with experience in programming and network engineering.
