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 Sara Beth A.R. Kohut, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP The highest court of Massachusetts recently held that a suspect can be compelled to enter his passcode to unlock and decrypt his cell phone where the government showed the suspect’s knowledge of the passcode was a foregone conclusion. In Commonwealth v. Jones,
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By Jeffrey A. Franklin, Prince Law Offices P.C. On January 10, 2019, a federal magistrate judge limited law enforcement’s requests to utilize biometric features, e.g., finger, facial or iris recognition, to unlock smartphones or computers that may be found at a residence during a search. The ruling came In the Matter of the Search of
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By Jeffrey A. Franklin, Prince Law Offices P.C. Cyber insurance policies are now standard procedure for companies seeking to shift some risk in case of malware attacks and cyber hacks. In a test of the developing cyber insurance industry, Zurich America Insurance Company is reportedly refusing to pay out a $100 million claim from consumer
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