Chandler Givens
Of Counsel Chicago
I graduated cum laude from Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!) with a B.S. in Business Information Technology and received a JD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. My focus is on consumer protection in the data privacy and technology space.
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Siesta Key w/the fam
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Football, golf
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Chess
Curriculum Vitae
CHANDLER GIVENS is Of Counsel at Edelson PC, where he investigates and litigates consumer fraud cases, particularly in privacy and emerging technologies.
He began his career at Edelson PC, helping to establish the firm’s technical investigations group and litigating many early high-profile data privacy cases.
Chandler took nearly a decade-long break from the firm to co-found and lead a data privacy software startup in Baltimore. As CEO, he managed product strategy, fundraising, hiring, and other executive responsibilities. Under his leadership, the startup rapidly expanded to serve hundreds of thousands of users globally and was ultimately acquired by the largest consumer cybersecurity company. Following the acquisition, Chandler became the Head of Consumer Privacy, overseeing a portfolio of privacy software products used by millions worldwide.
- In re Netflix Privacy Litigation, Case No. 5:11-CV-00379 EJD (N.D. Cal. 2013), Netflix was alleged to have retained subscribers’ personally identifiable information (PII) and viewing histories beyond the necessary period under the VPPA.
- Dunstan, et al. v. comScore, Inc., No. 11-cv-5807 (N.D. Ill.), groundbreaking lawsuit which at the time was the largest adversarial class to be certified in a privacy case in the history of US jurisprudence.
- Involved in investigating and litigating various cases involving the unlawful collection of consumer data under federal and state statute equivalents, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), Stored Communications Act (SCA), and Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
- Co-author of two granted patents:
- “Method and system for obfuscating the properties of a web browser,” WO US WO2016149237A1.
- “Method and system for detecting and alerting users of device fingerprinting attempts,” US US10313127B1.
- Adjunct Faculty, Towson University Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences.
- Frequent guest lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Cyberspace and the Law course.
- Board Observer and or advisor to numerous startups.
- Previous mentor for startups at Conscious Business Ventures, Techstars, and the UMBC Launchpad accelerator.
- Handled press and other media requests including numerous television and radio interviews.
- Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Consumers Digest, Baltimore Sun, and PC Magazine, among others.
- Eric S. Boos, Chandler Givens & Nick Larry, Damages Theories in Data Breach Litigation, 16 SEDONA CONF. J. 125, 126 (2015).
- Previous co-writer of Thomson Reuters legal blog: Pardon the Disruption.
- State of Illinois