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Massachusetts Data Privacy and Information Security Regulations

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>Lexology, </em>November 21, 2008</font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6LH2PQX" target="_blank"><strong><font size="2"><span class="territory"><font color="#622567">Massachusetts</font></span><font color="#3e3d40"> - Massachusetts extends compliance period for new data privacy regulations</font></font></strong></a><br/><font size="2"><font color="#aea400"><span class="firm"><strong>Cooley Godward Kronish LLP</strong></span><br/></font>"Citing the recent economic circumstances in the U.S., the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has extended the deadline for complying with the new regulations that require companies dealing with personal information of Massachusetts residents to bolster their security policies." </font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=1307670&l=6LH2PTA" target="_blank"><strong><font size="2"><span class="territory"><font color="#622567">Massachusetts</font></span><font color="#3e3d40"> - New Massachusetts regulations require security protocols and encryption for all organizations handling personal information</font></font></strong></a><br/><font size="2"><font color="#aea400"><span class="firm"><strong>Day Pitney LLP</strong></span><br/></font>"Under new regulations, each entity that owns, licenses, stores, or maintains personal information about a Massachusetts resident in either electronic or paper form must have a comprehensive written information security program."</font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).