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 Joshua Mooney, White and Williams LLP On May 25 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), took effect across the European Union, implementing one of the most significant regulatory changes in data protection in more than 20 years. The foundational principle of GDPR is that individuals have a fundamental
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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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