Learn How to Stay Safe Online at TCPL

Older adults, their family members and caregivers are invited to join Michael Danaher, Jr., Assistant Attorney General with New York State, for an interactive workshop on Online Safety at Tompkins County Public Library on Thursday, October 11 from 2:00 to 4:00pm in the Library’s new Digital Lab.

Part of the Library’s Ask a Professional series, the workshop will focus on steps and tools for staying safe online and protecting the individual’s privacy and identity.  Funding for this program is provided by the Finger Lakes Library System.

Michael J. Danaher, Jr. has been an Assistant Attorney General in the Binghamton Regional Office since 1998.  During that time, he has represented the office in affirmative matters, including consumer frauds, labor, civil rights and charitable cases.  He also handles defense and mental hygiene cases.  He is a frequent lecturer on consumer fraud topics to groups throughout the Binghamton Regional Office’s eight-county region.  Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General, he was a partner in the firm of Scanlon & Danaher in Endicott, N.Y.  Mr. Danaher is formerly an adjunct professor in the School of Management at Binghamton University teaching Forensic Accounting.  He is a graduate of St. John Fisher College and cum laude graduate of Albany Law School.

For more information about this program or the Ask a Professional series, contact Digital Librarian Tom at tfredette@tcpl.org.