Tyler Thompson

Tyler J. Thompson advises clients on data privacy and protection, technology contracts and contract processes, websites and mobile apps, digital accessibility, social media, and direct to consumer marketing. Tyler offers clients practical and efficient legal counsel, striving to manage costs and risk with business-friendly strategies.

With deep experience in digital compliance, Tyler focuses on handling all aspects of a client’s website or mobile app to pursue compliance while maintaining the best user experience. His practice also focuses on creating enforceable digital agreements with platform users, whether that platform is a website, SaaS, mobile app, or video game. He helps clients reduce website scraping risk.

Tyler has designed and implemented privacy programs for clients from Fortune 500s to start ups, ensuring those clients are compliant with U.S. and international privacy laws. Tyler also advises on data retention and minimization, privacy by design, data inventories, and privacy impact assessments. Tyler is certified as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In addition, he is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US), Europe (CIPP/E), Asia, (CIPP/A) and Canada (CIPP/C) as well as a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPP/T). Tyler is also an ISACA Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE).

In the technology space, Tyler has provided guidance on open source software, digital marketing, software licensing, and SaaS agreements. He also works with clients to modernize commercial contracting processes and privacy practices, enabling in-house attorneys to function more efficiently and conserve resources.

Outside of the firm, Tyler is an adjunct M.B.A. professor at the University of Denver Daniel’s School of Business, an FAA certified private pilot, and a PADI certified SCUBA diver.

Concentrations

• Websites
• Mobile Apps
• SaaS Platforms
• Privacy and data compliance
• Technology and software transactions
• ADA website accessibility
• Direct to consumer marketing (TCPA, CAN-SPAM, etc.)
• Commercial contracting and licensing matters including SaaS, technology hardware, and licensing.
• Data, tech, and intellectual property issues in mergers and acquisitions
• Open Source Software
• Social Media Influencers
• Data breach investigations
• Consumer arbitration agreements
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Website scraping compliance and defense