Kevin Angle advises companies on privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data governance matters across complex regulatory and operational environments. He works with clients ranging from technology and telecommunications companies to healthcare, life sciences, and other highly regulated businesses, helping them navigate evolving data protection requirements while supporting broader commercial and strategic objectives.

Kevin counsels clients on a wide range of U.S. and international privacy laws and emerging technology regulations, including state consumer privacy statutes, biometric privacy laws, electronic communications laws, and developing AI governance frameworks. His practice spans the full lifecycle of data-related risk management, including the design and implementation of privacy and AI governance programs, cybersecurity preparedness and incident response, regulatory counseling, consumer rights compliance, and data protection strategy for complex commercial relationships and corporate transactions.

In addition to advising on compliance and governance matters, Kevin regularly structures and negotiates technology, data-sharing, and other commercial agreements involving sensitive business and consumer information. He also advises clients on privacy and cybersecurity considerations in mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions, including diligence, contractual risk allocation, and post-closing integration issues.

Kevin brings a practical, business-oriented perspective to his counseling, informed by his prior litigation experience and deep understanding of how data-related issues intersect with operational, reputational, and enterprise risk. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP).

Representative Experience

  • Represented a prominent university in developing and implementing a comprehensive GDPR compliance program, as well as supporting U.S. state and education privacy law compliance matters.
  • Assisted Fortune 100 telecommunications companies in assessing the impact of emerging artificial intelligence legislation and regulatory developments.
  • Advised biotechnology and healthcare companies on operationalizing GDPR and CCPA compliance programs and related data governance frameworks.
  • Represented clients in responding to ransomware attacks, multistate attorney general investigations, payment card breaches, and other cybersecurity incidents.
  • Led privacy and cybersecurity diligence in complex corporate transactions, including private equity acquisitions and investments involving healthcare and telecommunications companies.
  • Structured and negotiated complex commercial agreements involving the use, transfer, and protection of sensitive consumer and business data assets.

Honors & Awards

  • Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, Lawdragon 500, 2025
  • Massachusetts Go To Lawyers – Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, 2022 and 2024

Publications and Speeches

Speaking Engagements
  • Privacy Law Execution – CCPA, CPRA & Global Transfers, Global Legal ConfEx / October 2025
  • Towards 'Privacy Shield 2.0': Back to Normal for US Data Transfers?, Global GRC, Data Privacy & Cyber Security ConfEx / May 2024
  • Update on Privacy Enforcement: View from the States, Speaker, Boston Bar Association, May 2024
  • Does My Chatbot Have Rights? Privacy, the First Amendment, and Rights Surrounding AI Output, Privacy, Boston Bar Association Cybersecurity and Digital Law Conference, January 2024
  • Artificial Intelligence: Advisor Risks and Board Oversight, Investment Company Institute (ICI) Securities Law Developments Conference, October 2023
  • Privacy in the Home: From Voice Assistants to Vacuums, Moderator, Children, Privacy and Our Daily Lives, Boston Bar Association Podcast, October 2023
  • The Convergence of Data Security, Governance, and Privacy in the Context of Modern Data Protection and Privacy Regulations Global GRC, Data Privacy & Cyber Security ConfEx, May 2023
  • Neighbors in Privacy: The Connecticut Data Privacy Act and Implementing Comprehensive Privacy Programs, Boston Bar Association, April 2023
  • Securing Research: NSPM-22 and Cybersecurity in Federally Funded Research, Boston Bar Association,  March 2023
  • Alternative Data: How to Harness the Power and Manage the Risks of Third-Party Alternative Data, CenterForce IP Strategy Summit, April 2019
  • Blockchain, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity Best Practices, Boston Conference on Cyber Security (BCCS), March 2019
Publications
  • Loyal to a Fault? Customer Loyalty Programs in the Age of Comprehensive Privacy Laws, Cybersecurity Law Report, October 2024
  • Update on the U.S. Privacy Law Landscape, OneTrust DataGuidance, September 2024
  • Privacy Legislation Blooms in Busy Spring, OneTrust DataGuidance, May 2024
  • Washington My Health My Data Act's Impact on Life Sciences Companies, Bloomberg Law, March 2024
  • Bracing Companies for California Privacy Agency's Restored Authority, Law360, February 2024
  • AI's Impacts on Cybersecurity and Legal Requirements, Bloomberg Law, January 2024
  • AI Executive Order's Life Science and Healthcare Industry Effects, Law360, December 2023
  • What To Know About California's Cybersecurity Draft Regulations, Law360, September 2023
  • Overview of Intellectual Property, Contractual and Statutory Frameworks for Protecting Data Assets in View of Artificial Intelligence Applications, The Patent Lawyer, September 2023
  • How California Privacy Law Changes Affect Asset Managers, Law360, August 2023
  • Law & Practice and Trends & Developments, Chambers Global Practice Guide Cybersecurity 2022, April 2022
  • Cybersecurity 2022, Chambers Global Practice Guides, 2022
  • U.S. Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations, International Comparative Legal Guide – Cybersecurity 2022, January 2022
  • Cybersecurity 2021, Chambers Global Practice Guide, March 2021
  • Cyber Trends and Investigations in Europe: A Practitioner's Perspective, The Guide to Cyber Investigations, Second Edition, 2021
  • U.S. Litigation Considerations and Landscape, The Guide to Cyber Investigations, Second Edition, 2021
  • Data Privacy Compliance Best Practices for Asset Managers, Law360, October 2019
  • U.S. Litigation Considerations and Landscape, The Guide to Cyber Investigations, First Edition, 2019
  • California Passes Consumer Privacy Act, Westlaw Journal of Computer and Internet, August 2018
  • California Passes Consumer Privacy Act, Westlaw Practitioner's Insight, August 2018
  • Increased Enforcement Activity Underscores Need for Firms to Conduct Rigorous Cybersecurity Oversight, Wolters Kluwer Securities Regulation Daily, May 2018

Civic Involvement

  • Boston Bar Association, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Law Section – Steering Committee

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Boston Bar Association, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Law Section, Steering Committee
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)

News, Events & Insights

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D.
Harvard University, A.B., Government, cum laude

Previous Experience

Holland & Knight LLP, Senior Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP, Counsel

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Carol B. Amon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
    New York
    U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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