Mason Clark

Biography

In August 2025, Mason Clark, J.D., joined the St. Mary’s University School of Law as an Assistant Professor of Law. He previously served as the Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law from 2023 until 2025.

Clark has written and presented extensively on the subjects of privacy and cybersecurity. He formerly served as the Global Deputy Privacy Officer for an international life sciences and pharmaceutical corporation based in Chicago before coming to St. Mary’s Law.

He also has served as data breach counsel for international corporations through the incident-response cycle, advised multinational corporations on privacy compliance, and created and implemented enterprise privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs. He also served as an associate attorney for data security and privacy in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie LLP and the Indianapolis office of Ice Miller LLP. Before law school, Prof. Clark worked as a correctional officer.

Clark founded and chaired the Indiana State Bar Association’s Data Security and Privacy Section, where he developed CLE curriculum and presentations for attorneys and other professionals. He is a cum laude graduate of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.

In his free time, he enjoys playing guitar, watching baseball and spending time with his wife, Tiffany, and his son, Fallon. You might catch Clark playing gigs around campus!

• Certified Information Privacy Professional (U.S.): International Association of Privacy Professionals (2020-present)
• Chair and Founder, Data Security and Privacy Section, Indiana State Bar Association (2020-2025)
• Lorman Education Distinguished Faculty Member (2019-present)
• Hoosier Hearts Hero Award: award given by former Indiana Attorney General for producing a public service announcement regarding an unsolved murder in Franklin, Indiana (2013)

Articles

• Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption, 58 UNIV. MICH. J. L. REFORM 1 (2024), https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol58/iss1/2/

Academic Presentations

• Panelist, “Hackers Hit the Books: Cyber Threats in the Academy,” Association of American Law Schools, June 2025
• “Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption,” Privacy Law Scholars Conference, Georgetown University Law Center, May 2024, Washington, D.C.
• “Consumer Privacy and the Dobbs Disruption,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Prospective Law Teachers Workshop, July 2024, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Panelist, “Human Rights and Cross-Border Data Flows,” Florida Journal of International Law 35th Annual Symposium, University of Florida Levin College of Law, March 2024, Gainesville, Florida
• Panelist, “DE(AI): Diversity Initiatives and Artificial Intelligence,” Clearwater Bar Association Annual Diversity Symposium, March 2024, Clearwater, Florida
• Panelist, “What Practitioners Should Know About Artificial Intelligence,” National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts, October 2023, St. Petersburg, Florida

Media Highlights

• “Congress Publishes ‘Game-Changer’ Breach Reporting Law, Compliance Requirements Unclear,” Connect on Tech, March 18, 2022 (with Vance et al.)
• “FAA Takes First Flight in Privacy With New Drone Rules,” The Robotics Law Journal, April 5, 2021 (with Bajowala & Kim)
• “Zoom’s FTC Settlement a Good Guidepost to Avoiding Data Security Missteps,” Dec. 7, 2020 (with Christensen & Reynolds)
• “Indiana High Court Says Government Can’t Unlock Your Phone,” Bloomberg Law, July 20, 2020 (with Christensen & Reynolds)
• “Cyber-Criminals Revive W-2 Scams Ahead of Extended Tax Deadline,” Inside Indiana Business, June 22, 2020 (with Christensen)
• “Four Years Later, FTC Continues to Challenge Misleading Marketing and Privacy Practices,” Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report: Vol. 4, No. 9, November/December 2018 (with Kohlstrand and Reynolds)
• “Trouble Comes in Threes: Long-term Impacts of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Controversy,” Inside Indiana Business, July 16, 2018