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The Massachusetts AG’s enforcement of its data security law demonstrates that it does not take lightly the loss of Massachusetts residents’ personal information, even if that loss has not caused any known harm to the affected residents, and that it may remain watchful over the subject of an investigation for years to come.
Continue Reading Massachusetts Company Fined $15,000 Under State’s Data Security Law

Like any business that handles personal information, debt collection agencies have obligations to maintain reasonable safeguards to protect that information. Recent enforcement activity by the Minnesota Attorney General’s office makes this clear. The banks, health care providers and other businesses that utilize collection services are also driving compliance as they demand these companies have…

Massachusetts service provider contract deadline – March 1, 2012 – should be a reminder to revisit all contracts with third party vendors to ensure they require the vendor to safeguard personal information.
Continue Reading Third Party Vendors Equal Data Breach Risk, Massachusetts Vendor Contract Deadline Approaches – March 1, 2012

Reuters and other news outlets are reporting that Representative Mary Bono Mack has circulated draft legislation in response to the steady stream of data breaches that have occurred this year. According to the report, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid also has asked four Senate committees to pull together a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, hoping it will be…

Today the White House issued a Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal. The proposed legislation focuses on protecting the American people, the nation’s critical infrastructure, and the federal government’s computers and networks.  While legislation of this nature would simplify the breach reporting process for businesses, and overall streamline cybersecurity laws, a number of legislative attempts to do this have previously…