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This blog is produced by members of Ballard Spahr’s Privacy and Data Security Group, a nationwide team of more than 50 cyber advisers who provide a wide range of legal services to help clients identify, manage, and mitigate cyber risk.

Philip N. Yannella

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As Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Practice Leader of the firm’s E-Discovery and Data Management Group, Philip N. Yannella provides clients with 360-degree advice on the transfer, storage, and use…

yannellap@ballardspahr.com | 215.864.8180 | view full bio

As Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Practice Leader of the firm’s E-Discovery and Data Management Group, Philip N. Yannella provides clients with 360-degree advice on the transfer, storage, and use of digital information.

Phil regularly advises clients on the Stored Communications Act (SCA), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), EU-US Privacy Shield, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Defense of Trade Secrets Act, PCI-DSS, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations, ISO 27001 compliance, HIPAA Security Rules, and FTC enforcement activity, as well as eDiscovery issues—leveraging his experience serving as National Discovery Counsel for more than two dozen companies in nationwide litigation. He harnesses his deep knowledge of privacy, data security, and information governance laws to help multinational companies develop global information governance programs to comply with overlapping, and sometimes conflicting, laws. Phil serves on the advisory board for the ACC Foundation’s Cybersecurity Survey, the largest survey of in-house counsel on cybersecurity issues.