In an exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, David Governo and Corey Dennis, CIPP/US, discuss the ways in which businesses are grappling with Massachusetts data privacy laws, which became effective in March 2010 and are among the nation’s most stringent. They require businesses to establish “physical, administrative and technical information security measures to safeguard personal information” and to develop a written program outlining such safeguards. Enforcement of data privacy laws is expected to increase, Governo and Dennis write, noting an initiative by the National Association of Attorneys General exploring ways to protect online privacy.
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