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Jake Barr joined Ropes & Gray’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice group in 2023. He advises a range of clients, across many different industries, on cutting edge privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and other technology issues including complex litigation, incident response, transactional, and counseling matters. He has significant experience helping companies navigate children’s online privacy and safety issues, and, while working for Congress, spearheaded leading federal legislation including COPPA 2.0 and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) as well as the Kids PRIVACY Act, the first bill to incorporate age-appropriate design code principles in the U.S.He also guides clients through the constantly changing privacy and cybersecurity regulatory landscape with experience on issues related to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other international, federal, and state laws.During law school, he worked as senior legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Kathy Castor, advising on technology, communications, cybersecurity, and consumer protection policy with a focus on children’s online privacy and safety. He also served as the president of the GW Tech Law Students Association. Prior to law school, Jake worked for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation..

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