Sapientia’s team of experienced attorneys represent individuals whose privacy rights and interests have been threatened, violated or invaded. These matters range from disclosure or misuse of such things as personal information, medical information, and protected driver’s license information. Sapientia has successfully obtained injunctive relief, monetary damages, and the recovery of reasonable attorneys’ fees on behalf of its clients in these situations. Our attorneys also protect individuals who find themselves victims of cyberstalking.

Through no fault of their own, individuals sometimes find themselves in the position of being stalked by predators who use the anonymity of the internet to hide their identity.  We work with computer forensic experts and law enforcement to identify and find these predators.  We then work with clients to determine the best methods to get the cyberstalking to cease.

Other times, our client have been subjected to online cyberbullying from people they know.  We have the tools and experience to make sure that the cyberbullying stops.

In addition, Sapientia is a national leader in protecting individual’s privacy.  Our attorneys handled one of the largest privacy-law settlements for an individual in the history of the state of Minnesota. It was one of the first such cases arising under the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act—a statute that provides for civil and criminal penalties if anyone, including law-enforcement personnel, accesses, uses or discloses an individual’s private driver’s license information from a state DMV database without a permissible purpose. As a result of this case, significant changes in law-enforcement policies and practices in Minnesota occurred, helping to reduce the impermissible accessing and use of other citizen’s private drivers’ license information.

Sapientia successfully tried two of these driver’s-license misuse matters, with both resulting in the jury awarding punitive damages to our clients.  In addition, Minneapolis was ordered to change its policies and practices regarding use of driver’s license data because of one of these suits.

Sapientia’s privacy-law and cyberbullying practices exemplifies several of the firm’s core values: listen to clients, deliver results, and make a difference. As with all matters, our privacy clients have the opportunity to work with a diverse, experienced team of lawyers to pursue appropriate relief when their privacy rights have been threatened, infringed or harmed.