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Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating our extensive capabilities across practices to provide our clients with cutting-edge privacy and data security counseling, crisis management, security incident investigation and notification management, defense of data security class action litigation and regulatory inquiries, and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of privacy professionals and is bolstered by more than 40 attorneys from a variety of other disciplines firmwide. Our team combines compliance counselors, transactional lawyers, former government regulators and federal prosecutors, seasoned investigators, and experienced litigators. Few firms can rival our in-depth, sophisticated, and integrated experience in this area.
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Privacy: Regulated Personal Information (RPI)
Winston’s Regulated Personal Information (RPI) Practice offers seamlessly integrated counseling and litigation services to companies looking for practical and solution-oriented assistance navigating the compliance, regulatory, and private class action enforcement risks presented by the emerging patchwork of complex (and often conflicting) privacy laws in the United States and beyond.
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Class Actions & Group Litigation
Winston has developed a consistent record of success handling class action cases in state and federal courts. The practice is anchored by seasoned class action lawyers, many of whom have been recognized by Chambers USA and other ranking organizations as being top practitioners in their field. Our clients rely on us to steer them through class action matters by drawing on the firm’s significant experience in resolving complex litigation using creative and aggressive arguments, across a broad range of class, collective, coordinated, and mass actions, as well multidistrict litigation. We also have succeeded at trial in several class actions—a rare occurrence.
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Experience
|November 19, 2025
Blockfusion Enters into Business Combination with Blue Acquisition Corp.
Winston & Strawn LLP represents Blockfusion, the owner-operator of a strategically located, clean-energy-powered data center, in its announced business combination with Blue Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The transaction attributes a pre-money equity value of approximately USD 450 million to Blockfusion and would result in Blockfusion becoming a publicly traded company upon listing.
Experience
|July 31, 2025
Nscale Forms $1 Billion AI Data Center Joint Venture with Aker
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Nscale Global Holdings Ltd. in connection with the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Aker ASA to develop Stargate Norway, a $1 billion AI data center project in partnership with OpenAI. The facility will be located near Narvik, Northern Norway, and will be powered entirely by renewable hydropower.
Experience
|November 13, 2024
Winston and Strawn Paris represented Astorg, a leading Pan-European private equity firm in connection with the signing of a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in Redslim (the “Company”) from its Founders, Eric Bensimon, Alberto Alcaniz, Soren Altmann and Patric Mezei (the “Founders”), who will re-invest significantly in the business. Redslim provides data management services, leveraging a proprietary technology platform, and focusing on Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) and Consumer Healthcare (CHC) segments. Through this partnership, Astorg will support the Company’s growth and international expansion, collaborating closely with the Founders and the management team.
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Non-Fungible Insights: Blockchain Decrypted
|March 26, 2026
|6 Min Read
FCA Handbook Application for Regulated Cryptoasset Activities – Key Takeaways from CP26/4
The close of 2025 highlighted the continuing momentum for the digital asset industry, with regulatory developments accelerating rather than slowing.
Capital Markets & Securities Law Watch
|March 25, 2026
|3 Min Read
SEC Proposes to Narrow Rule 15c2-11 to Equity Securities
On March 16, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 that formally limit the rule’s scope to equity securities. The proposal carries significant practical implications for broker-dealers, fixed-income issuers, and capital markets participants alike after years of regulatory uncertainty.
In the Media
|March 24, 2026
|1 Min Read
Eric Johnson Discusses Potential Shift to Semiannual Reporting with Fortune
Winston & Strawn partner Eric Johnson was quoted in a recent Fortune article examining a potential proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that could significantly change how public companies report their financial results. According to reports, the SEC is considering a measure, which could be released as soon as April, that would allow U.S. public companies to report financial results semiannually rather than quarterly, making quarterly filings optional instead of mandatory.
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Law Glossary
What Is Privacy Compliance Law?
The area of privacy compliance law addresses how organizations meet legal and regulatory requirements for collecting, processing, or maintaining personal information. Data privacy breaches can lead to regulatory investigations and fines. When privacy is compromised, consumers or employees may respond with civil lawsuits. It is recommended, but not required by a federal law, that companies create and post privacy policies on websites and mobile apps. Once posted, companies must follow these policies or face scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission. (California and Delaware state law does require privacy policies to be posted on websites and mobile applications, if the site collects personally identifiable information).
Law Glossary
What Is Data Breach and Data Security Law?
Within 48 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, data breach and data security laws require organizations and government agencies to provide notifications of security breaches when they involve personally identifiable information. Companies may also be required by state data breach laws to act to minimize the effects of a breach. The FTC can investigate companies that do not adhere to their stated privacy policies and do not have safeguards to protect customer data, but no broad federal law exists regarding breach notifications. However, these U.S. data security laws and government agency rules are enforced:
Law Glossary
What Is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Law?
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law is an act, applied across the Union, which directs data privacy. The GDPR law is designed to protect the data privacy of all EU citizens and guide organizational approaches to handling data, as well as transferring it across borders. Under the GDPR, breach notification is mandatory within 72 hours if the breach is likely to “result in a risk for the rights and freedoms of individuals.” The GDPR applies to organizations within the EU as well as those outside of the EU if they offer goods or services to European citizens. It also applies to organizations that monitor the behavior of data subjects online.