Lindsey Smith

Lindsey is a member of the Constangy Cyber Team and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. As a member of our rapid response team, Lindsey manages responses to a wide range of cyberattacks and facilitates comprehensive support for clients. He has extensive experience managing responses to data security events, including ransomware, business email compromises, fraudulent payment fraud, and other types of data privacy and security matters. As part of the incident response process, Lindsey assesses consumer and regulatory notification obligations resulting from state, federal, industry and contractual requirements and facilitates compliance with them. He also interfaces with regulators and law enforcement, as necessary, to support clients.

Prior to joining Constangy, Lindsey served as Corporate Counsel for Incident Response at Amazon for over two years, managing internal security teams in preparation for and during the incident response process. This included developing programs to mitigate cyber risk, negotiating vendor contracts, and drafting data privacy policies to ensure compliance with U.S. and global privacy laws.  Prior to serving as Corporate Counsel for Incident Response at Amazon, Lindsey worked with the Constangy team managing responses to data security incidents for over four years at another firm.

Lindsey earned his law degree at Northeastern University School of Law, where he served as Symposium Editor for the Law Journal. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English from the University of Georgia. Lindsey is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. He also holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional for United States laws (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) credentials from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Certifications

• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) for United States law (US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)