PROFESSOR PRINCE AND ASHLI JONES ’21 PRESENT AT CYBERSECURITY: SAFEGUARDING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS
October 2020 — In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills Samantha Prince and Ashli Jones ’21 provided an overview of the cybersecurity legal landscape, including the use of websites, privacy policy transparency, and data breach notification laws during “Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Small Business,” a webinar hosted by the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Harrisburg LaunchBox. While many small-business owners are unaware of the cyber-threats facing their operation, Prince notes, “In the age of COVID-19, cybersecurity is especially important as many businesses are turning to online sales and their employees are working remotely. This paradigm shift makes small businesses easy targets for data breaches.”
Professor Samantha Prince is an Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills and Entrepreneurship at Penn State Dickinson Law. She has a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, and was a partner in a regional law firm where she handled transactional matters that ranged from an initial public offering to regular representation of a publicly-traded company. Most of her clients were small to medium sized businesses and entrepreneurs, including start-ups. An expert in entrepreneurship law, she established the Penn State Dickinson Law entrepreneurship program, is an advisor for the Entrepreneurship Law Certificate that is available to students, and is the founder and moderator of the Inside Entrepreneurship Law blog.