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Pennsylvania Employers Have Legal Duty to Exercise Reasonable Care to Safeguard Employee Personal Info

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On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued an opinion in the Dittman v. UPMC case holding that employers have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care in safeguarding their employees’ sensitive personal information stored by the employers on internet-accessible computer systems.