Month: July 2021

Third Party’s Collection of Website Visitor Data Not Considered “Intercepted” Under New Pennsylvania WESCA Ruling

PBA Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Guidance and Legislation, Recent Cases, WESCA July 14, 2021

By Anokhy Desai A few weeks ago, U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV of the Western District of Pennsylvania held that there was no interception of communication per the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA) when a third-party company collected data from a user’s browser as she visited another website, writing that
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A Cheat Sheet for Colorado’s Forthcoming New Privacy Act

PBA Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Colorado Privacy Act, Data Privacy July 2, 2021

By Joshua A. Mooney, Kennedys The Colorado Privacy Act (“ColoPA” or “Act”) has been sent to Governor Jared Polis’s office to be signed into law, making Colorado the third state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation (coming behind California and Virginia). Once signed, the Act will take effect on July 31, 2023. However, its requirements
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