Bloomberg Law
Sept. 24, 2015, 7:21 PM UTC

Fox Rothschild’s Chief Privacy Officer: We See Hackers Every Day

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

This week, Fox Rothschild named partner Mark McCreary as its Chief Privacy Officer, a position found at few, if any, other law firms.

McCreary, who is based in Philadelphia and advises companies on privacy-related issues, said he’ll be setting the firm’s cybersecurity policies in his new position.

The position will likely consume 20 percent of his time, he estimated. Fox Rothschild does not have a single chief security officer, but instead has a committee that oversees security.

“Their big concern is the technical aspects not the policy,” McCreary explained. “We tell them what to do with the data. So, for instance, if we tell them we ...

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