By Jordan Fischer, XPAN Law Group How many companies maintain business-oriented pages on Facebook? Millions. In today’s social media driven economy — where individuals digest news, shopping, and friend’s updates all on the same platform — companies are increasingly trying to harness those platforms to drive customers to them. Even our firm has a
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Jordan Fischer, XPAN Law Group A common question that we receive at our firm is: will the U.S. adopt legislation similar to the GDPR? And, if yes, what will that look at? Well, let us look into our “magic-8” ball … And, no surprise, it looks like privacy is moving (slowly) across the pond
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By: Josh Mooney and Michael Jervis, White and Williams LLP The Ponemon Institute has released a recent report concluding, among other things, that the cost to a company suffering a data breach in the U.S. has risen eight percent year-on-year from 2017. The total cost of the average breach has reached a staggering $8
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By Josh Mooney and Emma Bechara, White and Williams LLP On June 25, 2018, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a final regulation that requires any credit reporting agency (CRA) with “significant operations” in New York to register with the NYDFS and comply with the NYDFS cyber regulations under Part 500. CRAs
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By: Josh Mooney and Kate Woods,White and Williams LLP The body of cybersecurity case law continues to grow. On April 10, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear arguments regarding employers’ liability for data breaches in Dittman v. UPMC. Specifically, Pennsylvania’s justices will consider and ultimately decide whether UPMC had a
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