Data privacy · Incident response & notification

    Handle the breach. Notify properly. Limit the damage.

    Attorney-led data breach response. We triage the incident, assess your notification duties across the relevant regimes — GDPR's 72-hour window, US state laws, India DPDP, and the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule — and prepare the regulator and data-subject notifications inside the statutory windows. We coordinate forensics under privilege and close with a post-incident review. We provide the response and the notifications; the regulator decides the outcome.

    From $1,500 Quoted per incident after a triage call

    Calm professional working through an incident-response checklist in a bright modern office

    Plan in place

    Roles + runbook

    72-hour ready

    Regulator + data subjects

    Notifications drafted

    Templates ready to send

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    How it works

    How breach response works with GTC

    1

    Engagement and rapid triage

    We accept the engagement on a call and privilege attaches immediately. Within hours we send the initial triage memo: what we know, what we still need to find out, which statutory deadlines are running, and the immediate containment steps.

    2

    Notification preparation

    We prepare the regulator and data-subject notification drafts inside the relevant windows — GDPR 72 hours, the HIPAA 60-day clock, US state-specific thresholds, and the India DPDP Board notification. You review and approve before anything is sent.

    3

    Remediation and post-incident review

    We coordinate the forensics provider under privilege, set out a remediation plan, and deliver a lessons-learned review. One month of post-incident advisory is included so the fixes land.

    What it costs

    Quoted per incident, with the clock in mind

    Data Breach Response starts from $1,500. Every incident is quoted per incident after a triage call, and scales with scope and the number of jurisdictions involved. GTC's response fee renders as the live anchor above and is confirmed in writing before work begins. A multi-jurisdiction breach or a regulated industry such as healthcare or financial services is scoped accordingly, and an optional readiness retainer locks in our availability ahead of any incident. Forensics and any government fees are passed through at cost.

    What's included

    • Engagement accepted on a call, with privilege attaching immediately
    • Initial triage memo: scope, severity, affected data, who the data subjects are, and which statutory deadlines are running
    • Notification timing analysis across GDPR 72 hours, HIPAA 60 days, India DPDP, and US state-specific laws
    • Notification drafts for the relevant regulators and for affected data subjects, for your approval before send
    • Forensics provider coordinated as a privileged sub-engagement
    • Remediation plan and a lessons-learned post-incident review
    • One month of post-incident follow-up advisory included
    Single-jurisdiction breach
    Quoted per incident
    Multi-jurisdiction breach (EU + US + others)
    Quoted by scope and jurisdictions
    Regulated industry (HIPAA / financial services)
    Quoted by scope
    Optional readiness retainer
    Renders with live pricing
    Forensics & government fees
    At cost

    GTC's response fee renders as the live anchor above and is confirmed in writing before any work begins. Forensics and government fees are passed through at cost. We provide incident-response support and the notifications; no regulator or enforcement outcome is guaranteed.

    Get started

    Plan your data-breach response

    Tell us about your systems and your data, and a GTC attorney will scope your breach-response plan — or triage a live incident — and email you a per-incident quote.

    No payment required Reply within 1 business dayA GTC attorney reviews it & sends a flat-fee quote.
    1. 01Brand details
    2. 02Documents
    3. 03Your details
    If a breach is in progress, say so in your message and send what you have. The statutory clocks may already be running, and we move on engagement rather than waiting for a kickoff call.

    Brand details

    1

    Legal name of the affected entity.

    2

    URGENT cases skip to the top of the queue.

    3

    Pick all that apply. Drives notification analysis.

    4

    What types of personal data? Approximate number of affected individuals? Jurisdictions of affected individuals? (Detail drives notification analysis.)

    5

    Notification deadlines vary by jurisdiction (GDPR = 72 hours, US state laws vary).

    Why GTC

    Why run a breach response through GTC

    Legal team
    GTC's privacy team
    Data-protection counsel
    Attorney-led

    We move on the clock, not on a kickoff

    Regulatory windows are short and unforgiving — GDPR gives you 72 hours. We start on engagement and send the initial triage memo within hours, so the statutory deadlines are mapped before they pass.

    Privileged work product

    Full attorney-client privilege attaches on engagement. We structure the forensics engagement as a sub-engagement under our work-product privilege, which protects the forensic report from compelled disclosure in later litigation.

    Multi-jurisdiction notification

    One breach can trigger duties under GDPR, several US state laws, India DPDP, and HIPAA at once. We map the overlapping windows and thresholds and prepare each notification to the right regulator and the affected data subjects.

    Fees disclosed up front

    Quoted per incident after the triage call, with the scope and jurisdictions set out before work begins. GTC's response fee renders as the live anchor on this page; forensics and any government fees are passed through at cost.

    Your Customer Success Team

    A dedicated team that owns your matter from start to finish.

    Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.

    Your Account Manager

    Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.

    Your Senior Account Manager

    Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.

    A named person, on email or a call, at every step.

    Your dedicated GTC Customer Success Team

    How we compare

    GTC vs. a generic template or a big consultancy

    What you get GTC Online filing services Doing it yourself
    Attorney-led engagement with privilege attaching on day one
    Rapid triage memo mapping every statutory deadline that is running
    Regulator and data-subject notifications drafted inside GDPR, HIPAA, state and DPDP windows
    Forensics coordinated as a privileged sub-engagement to protect the report
    Post-incident review and one month of follow-up advisory included
    Forensics and government fees passed through at cost

    Attorney-led engagement with privilege attaching on day one

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Rapid triage memo mapping every statutory deadline that is running

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Regulator and data-subject notifications drafted inside GDPR, HIPAA, state and DPDP windows

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Forensics coordinated as a privileged sub-engagement to protect the report

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Post-incident review and one month of follow-up advisory included

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Forensics and government fees passed through at cost

    GTC
    Online filing services
    Doing it yourself

    Timeline

    The clock is already running

    Regulatory windows are short — GDPR gives you 72 hours. We move on engagement, not on a kickoff call next week. Here is how the first days go.

    1. Within hours

      Engagement accepted

      We take the engagement on a call and privilege attaches immediately, so everything that follows is protected work product.

    2. Day 1

      Initial triage memo

      What we know, what we still need, which statutory deadlines are running, and the immediate containment steps to take.

    3. Days 1–3

      Notification preparation

      Regulator and data-subject notification drafts prepared inside the relevant windows — GDPR 72 hours, HIPAA 60 days, US state-specific, India DPDP. You approve before anything sends.

    4. Weeks 1–4

      Remediation and review

      Forensics coordination, a remediation plan, and a lessons-learned review — plus one month of post-incident advisory included.

    In their words

    All your legal, in one place.

    One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.

    10,747+
    Clients served
    11
    In-house attorneys
    5
    Global offices
    10+
    Years since 2016

    Data Breach Response FAQ

    Frequently asked questions

    We aim to take the engagement within an hour and send the initial triage memo within a few hours of engagement. For clients on a pre-arranged response retainer, we typically start within thirty minutes because we already hold your data inventory and notification posture.

    Ready when the clock starts

    Ready when you are.

    Tell us about your systems and your data. We will scope a breach-response plan now or triage a live incident on engagement — mapping the statutory deadlines, preparing the regulator and data-subject notifications inside their windows, coordinating forensics under privilege, and closing with a post-incident review. We provide the response and the notifications; the regulator decides the outcome.

    GTC counsel on a client consultation call

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