Biographical Summary

John P. Tomaszewski - Vice President of Legal, Policy, and Compliance
TRUSTe

TRUSTe’s Vice President of Legal, Policy and Compliance, John Tomaszewski ensures that the organization’s programs are built on a strong legal framework.  He makes certain that enforcement and compliance efforts are thorough, transparent and defensible.  Prior to joining TRUSTe, John served as Chief Privacy Officer of CheckFree Corporation, the leader in electronic billing and payment.  In this role as CPO, John was responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining CheckFree’s privacy program.

In addition to this, John is an attorney who has focused on the development of trust models within business systems since 1999. He has prepared privacy statements, fair information practice standards, PKI policies, certification practice statements, certificate policies, end-user agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and other documents for clients in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He has also advised client legal counsel to develop their understanding of the trust models associated with e-commerce.

John has participated in the drafting of several information security publications, including the Digital Signature Guidelines and the PKI Accreditation Guidelines, which was developed by the Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association. John has also provided input to the drafting of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, promulgated by the National Convention of Commissioners for Uniform State Law, and has worked with the Office of the Legal Advisor of the US Department of State regarding the UN Model Law on Electronic Commerce. He has been published several times in academic legal journals on the subject of information security, e-commerce, and the law.

Prior to his CheckFree position, John was a PKI consultant with Baltimore Technologies, and was previously engaged in the private practice of law, focusing on e-commerce and corporate matters.  John graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, where he held the position of Solicitations Editor of the Law Journal.  He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Texas, Austin.