Taft Dayton attorney Zachary Heck was recognized last month for graduating from the 2021 Leadership Dayton program, organized by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Leadership Dayton is a premier leadership development program designed to identify, educate, and motivate a network of community leaders and increase their capacity to serve the Dayton region. It is the fourth oldest continuously operating community leadership program in the U.S., immersing participants in the many facets of the Dayton community.

Heck focuses his practice on privacy and data security. Specifically, he assists clients in the areas of privacy compliance, defense litigation, class action defense and guidance in the aftermath of an information security event, including data breach. Heck has experience advising clients with respect to FTC investigations, federal privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FCRA, TCPA, and GLBA, as well as state laws governing personally identifiable information. Heck also speaks and writes regularly on cutting-edge data privacy and cybersecurity issues and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the field of United States and European Union privacy laws and regulations.