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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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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By Mark L. Farina, Klineburger and Nussey As the gift-giving season concludes and we look toward the promises of a new year, now is the time to consider what additional liability those newly received electronic devices may have in store for your clients. I am talking about electronics newly integrated in the world of IoT.
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By Jennifer Ellis, Esquire Data breaches and identity theft are both serious and growing problems. Yet, many law firms fail to take the steps necessary to keep their clients’ information safe. Failure to protect not only your clients’ data, but the data of opposing parties, can lead to ethical issues, fines from government agencies
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