Jon Sriro

Jon is a member of Taft’s Privacy and Data Security, Commercial Litigation, and Intellectual Property practices, and serves as the main contact for privacy-related matters in Taft’s Detroit office. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Jon’s work focuses on the representation of companies in technology transactions and data privacy and data security matters. He has extensive experience counseling clients on a wide range of privacy, cybersecurity, and information management issues in the context of vendor/vendee agreements, data and data security issues related to mergers and acquisitions, compliance, business strategy, technology transactions, litigation, incident response preparation, insurance, data breach/incident, and regulatory compliance issues. Jon’s representation in this area includes software/cloud service providers, banks, manufacturers, restaurants, real estate and housing companies, and marketing firms.

• Negotiated and drafted the data security agreements for a global defense contractor’s information infrastructure, which included negotiation of terms for the transitioning, implementation, and maintenance of the client’s information infrastructure to a cloud infrastructure.
• Counseled three start-up companies through IPO.
• Representation of major companies, including Groupon (f/k/a The Point), Echo Global Logistics, InnerWorkings, BenchPrep, Sprout Social, Tempus, Uptake, Crestmark Bank, Ambassador, Diversified Chemical Technologies, Road to Status, Belly, United Road, Humantech, Detroit Labs, Lightbank, and Pella Windows and Doors.

• “Cyber-Security: Best Practices for Post Hack,” Michigan Technology Leaders Summit, Panelist (April 11, 2024)
• “Outsmart Chaos” – Cyber Security for Business Panel / Breakfast with Auxiom, Panelist (Jan. 23, 2024)
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Confidentiality Issues. Today’s General Counsel, Summer 2018
• The Adoption of Blocchains and Cryptocurrencies by Charities, The Michigan Business Law Journal, Vol. 38, Issue 2 (2018)
• New Ruling by U. S. Supreme Court on Standing to Pursue Litigation – Alleging a “Mere Statutory Violation” Is Not Sufficient to Confer Article III Standing for a Federal Cause of Action, The Michigan Business Law Journal, Vol. 36, Issue 2 (2016)
• Data Privacy in Sports Marketing, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Seminar Panel Member (2017)