Tyler J. Thompson

With deep experience in digital compliance, Tyler focuses on handling all aspects of a client’s website, platform, game, loyalty program, or mobile app to achieve compliance while maintaining the best user experience. He has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Forbes, Yahoo, Morning Brew, as well as on CBS and ABC affiliates, and in hundreds of articles and blogs.

Tyler has designed and implemented data and AI compliance programs for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups, ensuring those clients are compliant with U.S. and international privacy laws. Advice on those programs includes, among other things, data retention and minimization, privacy by design, RoPAs, and privacy impact assessments. He’s also highly knowledgeable about niche privacy considerations, such as franchise implications and in-person privacy practices. He is an authority in U.S. federal and state privacy regulations, such as the CCPA, HIPAA, and the Bulk Transfer Rule, as well as international regimes, such as the GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, LGPD, Law 25, and more. 

In the technology space, Tyler counsels on artificial intelligence (including generative AI and LLMs), open-source software, digital marketing, software licensing, and SaaS agreements. Tyler works with clients to modernize commercial contracting processes and privacy practices, enabling in-house attorneys to function more efficiently and conserve resources. He is certified by the IAPP as an Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP). Tyler focuses on hard-to-draft agreements, combining elements of data rights, digital compliance, and emerging technologies. He also helps clients reduce website scraping risks. Additionally, his practice focuses on creating enforceable digital agreements with users.

Tyler is accredited by the American Bar Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Privacy Law Specialist. He is also certified by the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US), Europe (CIPP/E), Asia (CIPP/A), and Canada (CIPP/C), as well as a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). Tyler is also an ISACA Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). He is the current chair of the IAPP KnowledgeNet Phoenix Chapter.

Outside of the firm, Tyler practices archery, is an FAA-certified private pilot, and a PADI-certified SCUBA diver. From his home base in Denver, he is on a mission to see every national park, MLB stadium, and good tiki bar. He is a former MBA professor of Business Law at the University of Denver and has worked in-house for Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley and Denver.