GOLDEN DATA LAW
LAWYERS WHO SHARE YOUR VALUES
Why is Golden Data Law a Benefit Corporation?
Benefit Corporations (B Corps) are for-profit companies that use the power of the market to serve humankind while meeting rigorous performance, accountability, and transparency standards.
Golden Data Law was founded as a benefit corporation because we believe that all law firms can and should do more than just turn a profit. Our goal, based on the ideas of conscious capitalism, is to promote an ongoing, integrated approach to social responsibility, self-awareness, and purposeful decision-making regarding the management of data.
Not only are we dedicated to working with our clients to achieve our goal, but we are also dedicated to helping law students seeking a path to a legal career. Our Legal Fellowship Program is an inclusive, paid fellowship program that functions much in the same way that teaching hospitals do, in that the fellow is compensated for the time and effort spent gaining real-life experience and expertise under the mentorship of the Founding Partner and Academic Development Partner.
Why do we use the honeybee as our symbol?
We use the honeybee as our symbol because, much the same as our attorneys and staff, honeybees are industrious, social, brilliant at building new structures, and, most importantly, capable of creating value for themselves while simultaneously being immensely helpful to others.
Golden Data Law was incorporated on May 20, 2020. As luck would have it, May 20th is the date designated by the United Nations as World Bee Day, which we consider an auspicious omen.
Our Founder
Lydia F. de la Torre is a dual-qualified attorney (US/EU) with extensive experience advising on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity law. She is a nationally recognized privacy expert, a former member of the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency, an adjunct professor at UC Davis Law School and the co-editor of Golden Data (a Medium Blog about data laws).