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Nevada Law Requires All Emails about Clients be Encrypted

By Larry Bodine, Esq.

This law just went into effect in Nevada:

NRS 597.970  Restrictions on transfer of personal information through electronic transmission. [Effective October 1, 2008.]

      1.  A business in this State shall not transfer any personal information of a customer through an electronic transmission other than a facsimile to a person outside of the secure system of the business unless the business uses encryption to ensure the security of electronic transmission.

      2.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Encryption” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4742.

      (b) “Personal information” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 603A.040.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 2506, effective October 1, 2008)

 It's all in Title 52 - Trade Regulations and Practices, Chapter 597 - Miscellaneous Trade Regulations and Prohibited Acts.

Full post as published by Larry Bodine's LawMarketing Blog on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).