Melissa Maalouf

Melissa Maalouf’s practice focuses on advising a broad range of clients, including internet service providers, media companies, video companies, financial institutions, mobile app providers, and start-up internet companies on various U.S. and international data privacy and data security issues. These issues include drafting consumer-facing disclosures, privacy policies, and website terms; conducting website privacy and security audits; creating transparent consumer notice and choice mechanisms; advising on privacy risks raised by mergers and acquisitions; developing guidelines for clients’ online tracking and data sharing/use initiatives; counseling general audience and children’s websites on compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and children’s safety issues; and guiding multinational companies in developing global strategies for compliance with marketing restrictions, cookies and online tracking rules, consumer protection regulations, data protection laws, and international data transfer laws. Prior to her time at ZwillGen, Melissa was an associate in the Communications, Media, and Privacy group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she counseled clients on a wide variety of international and domestic data privacy, data security, e-commerce, and technology issues. American University, Washington College of Law, Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, J.D., 2007 Boston University, B.A., B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 2004