Dominic Panakal | People | Baker McKenzie

Biography

Dominic Panakal is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Privacy and Technology practice, based in the New York office. Dominic was named by National Law Review as a "Go-To Thought Leader" for Cybersecurity.

Practice Focus

Dominic focuses his practice on regulatory and transactional issues in global privacy and data protection. He regularly advises clients on international and domestic data privacy laws, including matters such as cross border data transfers and managing data incident responses and breach notification process. Dominic counsels clients on meeting regulatory and contractual obligations concerning the collection, use, transmission, retention, and destruction of data. He also has experience with software, IT and IP contracting.

Admissions

Georgia~United States (2019)

Education

University of Notre Dame Law School (JD) (2018)
Rutgers University (BA) (2011)

Languages

English
Malayalam

Presentations

Co-Presenter, “Beyond Breaches: Affirmative State Law Duties to Protect Data,” Association of Corporate Counsel CLE Program (May 2019).
Co-Presenter, “Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues,” Toyota Industries Corporation Legal Conference (December 2019).

Publications

Author, "New HHS Rules Would Simplify Emergency Data Sharing Procedures," The National Law Review, December 2020.
Author, "Newly Formulated Contract Terms Are the Key to EU-US Data Transfers," The National Law Review, December 2020.
Author, "School Stakeholders Navigating Student Privacy," The National Law Review, October 2020.
Author, "Singapore Captures Citizen Faces to Manage Daily Life," The National Law Review, October 2020.
Author, "You Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting (Or at Least, Inadequate)," The National Law Review, October 2020.
Author, "The CPRA Will Bring New Rights, Responsibilities and Regulators to California Data Privacy Law," The National Law Review, October 2020.

Author, "Senate Republicans Stitch Together Safe Data Ideas into New Bill," The National Law Review, September 2020.
Author, "Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US," The National Law Review, September 2020.
Author, "Portland Passes Unprecedented Restrictions on Facial Recognition Technology," The National Law Review, September 2020.
Author, "California Lawmakers Pass Slate of Privacy Legislation," The National Law Review, September 2020.
Author, "Twitter Tagged in Europe, But Regulators Don’t Agree On Ruling," The National Law Review, August 2020.
Author, "Resolving TikTok’s Data Issues Country by Country," The National Law Review, August 2020.
Author, "Countries and Companies Cool on TikTok, As Microsoft Proposes US Solution," The National Law Review, August 2020.
Author, "New York May Soon Enact Contact Tracing Law," The National Law Review, July 2020.
Author, "Thieves Breach Twitter Security to Commandeer Famous Accounts," The National Law Review, July 2020.
Author, "Privacy vs. Pandemic Control in South Korea," The National Law Review, July 2020.
Author, "Senator Brown Blazes a New Path to Privacy," The National Law Review, June 2020.
Author, "Before the CCPA is Enforced, California Moves to Tighten Privacy Obligations as Businesses Reel from Pandemic," The National Law Review, June 2020.
Author, "Dakotas Slip in COVID-19 Contact Tracing Privacy Protection," The National Law Review, June 2020.
Author, "Pakistan’s Data Protection Bill Includes Localization and Registration Provisions," The National Law Review, May 2020.
Author, "Consumer COVID Consent Creates Crucial Congressional Consensus: Details Differ," The National Law Review, May 2020.
Author, "The Evolution of COVID-19 Related Cyber Threats," The National Law Review, May 2020.
Author, "The Return of Balance and Proportionality," The National Law Review, April 2020.
Author, "Pandemic Preparation Pushes Public Policy on Privacy Protections," The National Law Review, April 2020.
Author, "Who’s Zoomin’ Who?" The National Law Review, April 2020.
Author, "Google’s Move to Avoid Data Uncertainty is Unfairly Criticized as GDPR Evasion," The National Law Review, March 2020.
Author, "Enterprise-Wide Privacy Reality," The National Law Review, February 2020.
Author, "GDPR Processor to Controller: Has Your Role Changed?" The National Law Review, January 2020.
Author, "Looking Ahead to 2020," The National Law Review, January 2020.
Author, "India’s Proposed Privacy Law Allows Government Access and Some Data Localization," The National Law Review, December 2019.
Author, "Large Scale Health Data Transfers Attract UK Attention," The National Law Review, December 2019.
Author, "GDPR Spurs Microsoft to Alter Its Cloud Contracting Practices," The National Law Review, November 2019.
Author, "False Sense of Security with End-to-End Encryption," The National Law Review, November 2019.
Author, "Can Insurance Drive Reasonable Security Measures?" The National Law Review, November 2019.
Author, "Europe’s Bridge Too Far," The National Law Review, October 2019.
Author, "What Does A Business Friendly National Privacy Law Look Like?" October 2019.
Author, "Robot Tax Rebuttal," The National Law Review, September 2019.
Author, "Stacking the Deck for Workers over Machines," The National Law Review, September 2019.
Author, "Palimpsest Politics of Privacy: Nothing Ever Dies, The National Law Review," September 2019.
Author, "The Problem in the Solution," The National Law Review, August 2019.
Author, "Hush — They’re Listening to Us," The National Law Review, August 2019.
Author, "Terms of Use: Disarming Ourselves," Arming Russia and China, The National Law Review, July 2019.
Author, "No Means No," The National Law Review, July 2019.
Author, "India Shakes International Data Market," The National Law Review, July 2019.