Lael Bellamy has over 25 years of
experience advising clients on US privacy,
data protection and cyber security laws
covering a wide range of issues including
AI, AdTech, data use and governance,
mergers and acquisitions, consumer
protection, and security and data breach
laws.
Leveraging her extensive in-house
experience as a Chief Privacy Officer and
technology lawyer, Lael offers a practical
approach to help clients operationalize
data protection requirements globally.
Previously, Lael was the Chief Privacy
Officer of Voya/ING and The Weather
Channel and led the privacy office at The
Home Depot, where she addressed privacy
and data use globally.
Lael is adept at translating privacy
requirements into actionable next steps
and enabling clients with the right tools
and guidelines to manage and mature their
own programs independently.
Lael is honored to have been named a
Westin Emeritus Fellow by the
International Association of Privacy
Professionals (IAPP), an award
commemorating privacy legal scholar, Alan
Westin, and designating Distinguished
Privacy Professionals who have contributed
significantly to the field.
Lael served on the Executive Board of
Directors of the IAPP and as President of
the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
GA Chapter as well as on ACC National
Committees. The ACC named Lael
“Member of the Year” for her
volunteer leadership and contributions to
the inhouse legal community.
Lael currently serves on the Advisory
Committee of the Pro Bono Partnership of
Atlanta, a nonprofit organization that
provides free legal services to
community-based nonprofits in Georgia.
Lael is a frequent speaker on privacy,
AdTech, AI and technology issues and is an
adjunct privacy professor at the Emory
University School of Law. She is a
Certified Information Privacy Professional
(CIPP-US).
