Philip L. Gordon

Philip L. Gordon has more than 20 years of experience counselling clients on all aspects of workplace privacy and information security. He has provided advice to businesses of all sizes on:

• California Consumer Privacy Act and its implementing regulations
• The European Union General Data Protection Regulation
• Global data protection laws
• Cross-border transfers of human resources data
• California regulations on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and risk assessments
• EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act
• AI governance
• Surveillance of employees' electronic communications
• The Federal Wiretap Act
• The Federal Stored Communications Act
• Workplace searches
• Location tracking and use of GPS-enabled devices
• Background checks
• The Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Social media
• Wearables and other new technologies affecting the workplace
• “Bring-your-own-device” programs
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule
• State and federal information security laws
• Responding to security breaches in compliance with federal and state data breach notification requirements
• Outsourcing
• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

The co-chair of Littler's Privacy and Data Security Practice Group, Philip writes extensively on workplace privacy and data security issues, including in relation to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). He has given dozens of presentations on the topic. He has taught privacy and data protection law as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law on several occasions, most recently in spring 2024. He has served on Littler’s Board of Directors and as co-chair of the Board’s Strategic Planning Committee and on the Advisory Board of Georgetown University Law Center’s Cybersecurity Law Institute, the Advisory Board of BNA’s Privacy and Security Law Report, and on the IAPP’s Editorial Advisory Board and Educational Advisory Board. 

He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his law degree from New York University School of Law, and served as a judicial clerk on the United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.