Nathanael F. Williams Associate

Data Privacy & Security

Nate, certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals as a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), has extensive experience advising clients on compliance with:

• State comprehensive privacy laws (e.g., CA, CO, CT, DE, IN, IA, KY, MD, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, etc.);
• State biometric privacy laws (e.g., IL, TX, WA, CO, etc.);
• State consumer health data privacy laws (e.g., WA, NV, CT, etc.);
• Data security laws and requirements (e.g., 201 CMR 17, NYDFS Part 500, etc.);
• AI laws;
• State telemarketing laws;
• State data broker laws (e.g., CA, VT, OR, TX, etc.);
• Federal privacy law (e.g., Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), CAN-SPAM, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), etc.); and,
• Implications of non-US laws and regulations on US and global businesses (e.g., compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), EU-US Data Privacy Framework, etc.).

With Nate’s broad privacy and data security experience, he frequently assists clients with preparing privacy notices and other data processing disclosures, term of service and terms of use, data protection impact assessments, written information security programs, transfer impact assessments, and negotiating data processing agreements and data security addenda. Nate also supports merger and acquisition deal teams by providing privacy and data security subject matter expertise in both the diligence and transaction negotiation phases, and counsels clients on information governance and cybersecurity framework implementation projects.

Nate is an editor for the McGuireWoods LLP Password Protected blog. He regularly updates subscribers on the practical implications of the rapidly evolving privacy and data security landscape, including, but not limited to, current events, statutory and regulatory updates, enforcement updates, and technology updates.

Data Breach Preparedness and Response

Nate has extensive experience leading the response to hundreds of data breach incidents in a variety of industries. Nate provides efficient and effective counsel to clients during extremely challenging circumstances to help the client identify and mitigate legal, commercial, and reputational risk. Nate also leverages his expertise in incident response and privacy compliance when advising clients on how to help prevent and prepare for future incidents, including preparing incident response plans that fit the client’s organizational, vendor, and internal IT structure, as well as leading tabletop exercises to test the client team’s implementation of its incident response capabilities.

Commercial Technology and Services Contract Negotiation

Nate combines his privacy and data security, corporate, and emerging technology knowledge to provide a broad unique perspective to technology and services contract negotiations, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and other licensing, services, and vendor contracts.

Prior to McGuireWoods, Nate was an associate at a national law firm in their Privacy and Data Security group, and a boutique cybersecurity and data privacy law firm. During law school, Nate was a legal intern for the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and a summer law clerk for the Delaware Department of Justice.