Month: April 2019

U.S. Senate Celebrates Anniversary of World Wide Web with Hearings on Data Privacy Legislation

PBA Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Data Privacy, GDPR Compliance, Guidance and Legislation April 12, 2019

By Thomas S. Markey, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC   Facebook.  Google.  Yahoo.  These companies, and many more, have made headlines related to their expansive collection and use of personal information, and for data breaches exposing that information.  Now, as the World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday, Congress considers whether a national data privacy
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PBA Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Committee Members Moderate a Discussion on Dittman v. UPMC

PBA Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Data Privacy, Pennsylvania Supreme Court April 12, 2019

By Devin Chwastyk and Thomas Markey,  McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC    PBA Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Committee members Devin Chwastyk and Thomas Markey recently moderated a roundtable discussion on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court data breach case Dittman v. UPMC. In Dittman, Pennsylvania’s highest court held that employers owe their employees a duty to exercise
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