Miriam H. Wugmeister is a partner in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster and head of the firm’s global privacy and data security practice.

Ms. Wugmeister regularly counsels clients regarding the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of personal information as organizations seek to comply with U.S. and international data protection laws. She has advised several global companies on multinational compliance efforts, including the consolidation of human resources and customer data into a single database; global technology use and monitoring policies and procedures; handling of personal information in the context of sourcing transactions; global data security standards; ediscovery and international privacy issues; the implications of various local and national laws on direct marketing initiatives, and security breach notification policies and responses.

Ms. Wugmeister also has significant experience in all areas of employment and labor law, and regularly counsels clients ranging from emerging growth companies with fewer than ten employees to Fortune 500 companies with thousands of employees. Ms. Wugmeister advises clients about matters involving personnel policies, employee discipline issues, employment discrimination, reductions-in-force, wage and hour laws and employee privacy issues. Ms. Wugmeister has broad experience litigating, arbitrating and mediating employment matters.

In addition to being named in New York Super Lawyers, Manhattan Edition (2006) she is ranked by Legal 500 for her experience in both Technology Data Protection and Privacy and Labor and Employment- Employee Mobility. Ms Wugmeister is also listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008, and has recently qualified for the AV (highest) Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

• Ms. Wugmeister represents the Global Privacy Alliance, which monitors and advocates for rational development of privacy rules and regulations around the globe. The group’s members include Agilent Technologies, American International Group, Boeing, DuPont, General Motors, General Electric, IMS Health, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, Lexis-Nexis, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, The Coca-Cola Company and Wachovia Corporation.