Areas Of Focus

Emerging Businesses

We provide strategic legal counsel to startups, early‑stage ventures, and growing companies throughout Washington, Utah, and the broader Pacific Northwest. This includes entity formation, financings, joint ventures, commercial transactions, cross‑border considerations, and operational risk planning. Your work supports founders and executives as they scale, innovate, and protect their assets in fast‑moving, competitive markets.

Technology Law

Seaton Daly helps organizations navigate the complex intersection of law, cybersecurity, and emerging technology. This includes advising on data governance, AI‑enabled products, research design, technical risk, and the regulatory obligations that shape modern digital operations. Our guidance blends legal insight with technical fluency, helping clients build resilient systems, reduce liability, and implement scalable governance frameworks.

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy & AI

We advise organizations on the responsible and compliant use of data across research, product development, machine learning, and enterprise operations. Our work covers data‑privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), responsible AI frameworks (e.g., ISO 27090, ISO 42001), research data practices, access‑control standards (e.g., SOC 2), consumer‑protection requirements, and data‑ethics principles.  We help product, engineering, data‑science, and research teams design trustworthy systems that meet regulatory expectations while supporting secure, scalable innovation.

 

 

 

More Services

Where Product Innovation Meets Responsible Data Use–Advising business leaders on privacy, data protection, and AI governance–delivering practical solutions that scale in fast‑moving environments

Seaton Daly is a science and technology corporate legal counsel trusted by technology teams building research-driven, data-intensive, and AI‑ and Robotics-enabled products. He partners with researchers, engineers, and product leaders to design responsible research programs, navigate complex data protection regulatory requirements, implement scalable data governance frameworks, and asset protection risk assessments. Seaton brings a pragmatic, solution‑oriented approach grounded in real‑world execution. His broader practice includes advising startups, nonprofits, and privately held companies on formation, equity financings, M&A, commercial transactions, cybersecurity, and data privacy law. Seaton has developed corporate data governance programs, co‑founded the Data Privacy and Security Alliance, contributed to the USA Freedom Act as a special advisor, served as a committee leader for the Washington Technology Industry Association’s security community, and recently has joined the Silicon Slopes Tech Hub in Utah. He regularly supports industry and trade organizations on cybersecurity, government request response, cloud strategy, artificial intelligence risk assessments, privacy‑forward advertising practices, and federal and state data governance compliance. Licensed in Washington State and Utah, Seaton is also deeply engaged in community service—coaching varsity high school football and was a member of the board of director's for a nonprofit supporting high‑risk youth and underserved communities.
seaton_daly
2026 Estimated Total Number of AI Laws Under Consideration in the U.S. (Federal/State)
1350
U.S. Approx. Average Cost of Data Breach (highest in the World)
10220000
Approx. Percentage of Employees that Share Confidential Data with Unauthorized AI Tools
93
Estimated Total Number of Data Breaches in U.S. Since 2016
19516

Latest News

Why Attorney-Directed Risk Assessments Give Companies a Strategic Edge

Modern organizations face overlapping risks—technical, legal, operational, and reputational.  Attorney‑directed risk assessments turn that complexity into a defensible, executive‑ready plan of action.  Below is a clear, practical overview of why having legal counsel direct your assessment adds unique value that a purely technical review cannot deliver. 1) Legal Privilege & Protection When an attorney directs […]

Citing Failures Related to Massive Data Breach, Sony CEO Loses 15% of Salary

Citing a lack of corporate contorls and preparedness to protecting mission-critical data, more corporate boards are holding back the salaries and bonuses of its chief executives.  At Sony, Corp., the board of director’s decided to cut the salary of its current CEO, Howard Stringer, by 15%, and its probably successor Kazuo Hirai, from 110 million […]

Featured Video Play Icon

Shadow A.I. Video

Schedule a Consultation

Fields marked with * are required

Business Name

Contact Us

Park City, UT
(206) 465-0775