Kristen N. Ricci

Kristen N. Ricci is a data privacy and cybersecurity attorney in Holland & Knight's Philadelphia office. Ms. Ricci leverages her experience to provide legal guidance on a wide array of counseling, transactional and incident response matters.

Ms. Ricci provides pragmatic, tailored and actionable advice across the following areas:

• Counseling. Ms. Ricci advises clients on federal, state and international privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), New York SHIELD Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
• Incident Response. Ms. Ricci has counseled hundreds of clients in responding to a variety of data breaches, including phishing incidents, ransomware, insider threats and state-sponsored network intrusions. She also counsels clients on regulatory and state attorney general investigations.
• Transactions. Ms. Ricci advises clients on technology and data privacy agreements, such as software as a service (SaaS) agreements, data protection agreements and data use agreements. Additionally, she assists clients in the development of emerging technologies, including advertising technology (AdTech) and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Mergers and Acquisitions. Ms. Ricci counsels clients on privacy and security risks in merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions.

Ms. Ricci is an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US). She has also received training on industry frameworks, such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Ricci was an associate at a boutique cybersecurity firm and an attorney at a national law firm in its Philadelphia office. During law school, Ms. Ricci was an honors legal intern at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she focused on regulatory compliance and internal investigations.