Joseph A. Dickinson, CHPC

Biography

Joe is Of Counsel in our Raleigh office where his practice focuses on information governance, data use, privacy, and cybersecurity. With more than 30 years of practice in the industry, his background in technology and cybersecurity is marked by numerous achievements, having successfully advised and guided clients around the country through the intricate landscape of data protection regulations and risk mitigation strategies. A recognized thought leader on data privacy, cybersecurity, and healthcare topics, Joe is Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC®) and is Co-Chair of the Data Privacy and Security team.

He advises and defends clients faced with state, federal, and foreign governmental agency enforcement and compliance investigations, leads data breach response and data privacy/security risk assessments, information security compliance audits, and cyber investigations, including managing third-party forensic investigations. Joe also has led diligence efforts on all levels of business transactions that have identified and managed data-related issues having 7-figure potential impacts for buyers, sellers, investors, and insurers.

Joe’s experience covers multiple privacy and security issues facing entities in the private and public sectors. He has worked with clients in the development of data privacy and cybersecurity programs, global data breach response, cross-border data transfers, HIPAA, GDPR, GLB, security breach notification law compliance, and the cybersecurity and privacy issues related to government contracting. He regularly drafts and reviews technology licenses and transfer agreements, contracts involving data sharing, data flows, and management of the related legal risks and obligations, intellectual property and information technology, governmental privacy-related investigations, and corporate internal investigations. Joe also advises clients on the legal issues related to IoT risks, cloud services, AI, and big data analytics. He evaluates the software development process, privacy by design, and counsels clients on responding to software audit requests.

Joe has spent more than 15 years in general counsel and in-house roles and is known for understanding the issues clients face and working closely with each client to build tailored programs, policies and procedures appropriate for real-world problem solving for various businesses and industries regardless of their current stage of development.