On April 6, 2017, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed HB 15, making New Mexico the 48th state to enact a data breach notification law. The law has an effective date of June 16, 2017 and follows the same general structure of many of the breach notification laws in other states. Importantly, the definition of personal … Continue Reading
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee again approved two pieces of legislation that would require certain entities to safeguard personal information and notify individuals of breaches of that information. Over the last few years, similar legislation made it out of various Committees, but failed to go any further. Could this time be different? The Committee voted … Continue Reading
