The survey also showed that firms may be looking for services beyond traditional advice from experts. New entrants to the list of top vote-getters include service providers, a certification firm and a professional association. Among them:
• San Francisco-based Truste is the provider of the popular Web-privacy seal and a number of other privacy-verification products and services.
• Portland, Ore.-based ID Experts and Austin-based Debix provide data-breach response services.
• Toronto-based Nymity provides an information portal for privacy content.
•Seattle-based MediaPro offers computer-based training for privacy and security.
The International Association of Privacy Professionals organizes the best-attended privacy conferences and offers the CIPP certification for the privacy profession.
Table 1: Top firms for privacy advice
| Firm | Voting Tier |
|---|---|
| † Hunton & Williams | 1 |
| † Morrison & Foerster | 2 |
| † Foley & Lardner | 2 |
| † Privacy & Information Management Services | 2 |
| ‡ Samet Privacy | 2 |
| † Hogan Lovells | 2 |
| ‡ PricewaterhouseCoopers | 2 |
| ‡ Ernst & Young | 2 |
| † Covington & Burling | 2 |
| ‡ Corporate Privacy Group | 3 |
| ‡ Deloitte & Touche | 3 |
| ‡ Rebecca Herold & Associates | 3 |
| † Wiley Rein | 3 |
| IAPP | 3 |
| † Infolaw Group | 3 |
| Ponemon Institute | 3 |
| † Baker & Mckenzie | 3 |
| Truste | 3 |
| † Drinker Biddle & Reath | 3 |
| † Field Fisher Waterhouse | 3 |
| † Bird & Bird | 3 |
| Nymity | 3 |
| ‡ Mitre | 3 |
| † Oldaker Belair & Wittie | 3 |
| Debix | 3 |
| † DLA Piper | 3 |
| ID Experts | 3 |
| MediaPro | 3 |
| † Venable | 3 |