Joanne Wallen of Complinet writes about the reaction of the U.K.’s Financial Service Authority: FSA Berates Compliance Officers in Crackdown on Data Security Breaches (.pdf). The FSA focused on compliance officers for not putting enough focus on data security. Examples of good practice at firms that the FSA visited included encrypting laptops and using secure … Read more »
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Six States Now Require Social Security Number Protection Policies
Miriam Wugmeister, Nathan D. Taylor of Morrison & Foerester wrote the December Privacy and Data Security Update: Six States Now Require Social Security Number Protection Policies. Connecticut – Ct. H.B. 5658. Massachusetts – 201 Mass. Code Regs. §§ 17.01 – 17.04. Michigan – Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.84. New Mexico – N.M. Stat. §§ 57-12B-2 … Read more »
Data Privacy Roundtable
Deloitte hosted an executive roundtable on Massachusetts Data Protection. The room was packed full of us trying to figure what to do with these regulations. Mark Schreiber of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge kicked things off with a look at the history of the regulation and the regulators view of the regulations. The regulators acknowledge … Read more »
Public Hearing on Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business has published a Notice of Public Hearing on 201 CMR 17.00, Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth. (.pdf) The hearing is on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm in Room No. 5-6, Second Floor of the Transportation Building, 10 Park … Read more »
Additional Time to Comply with Identity Theft Prevention Regulations
The Massachusetts Department of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation have extended the deadline for compliance with 201 CMR 17.00: Business Community Given Additional Time to Comply with Identity Theft Prevention Regulations. The regulations were orginally set to take effect on January 1, 2009. That deadline has been extended to May 1, 2009. The deadlines for … Read more »