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Name:
Mark H Francis
Title:
Partner
Company:
Holland & Knight LLP
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Bio:
Mark Francis is a tech and data partner at the law firm Holland & Knight LLP in New York. Mark’s practice spans counseling, legal compliance, investigations, litigation, and a wide array of transactions. In connection with his practice, Mark advises clients on information governance, cybersecurity, third-party risk management, federal, state, and foreign privacy laws, artificial intelligence, AdTech, data strategy and intellectual property. He frequently counsels clients in response to data breaches and other incidents, guiding them through internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, and legal disputes. Mark has a background in computer science and telecommunications, and received his JD/MBA from Fordham University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), as well as an IAPP Privacy Law Specialist and Fellow of Information Privacy. In January 2021, Mark was appointed to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DPIAC), which provides advice at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief Privacy Officer on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative and technological issues within the DHS that relate to personally identifiable information, as well as data integrity and other privacy-related matters. Mark is also currently serving on the IAPP’s Certification Advisory Board, and is the Governance Committee Chair for the non-profit New York chapter of InfraGard, an FBI-sponsored public‐private partnership.
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