Maybe it’s because I’m in New York City for a few days this week, but this article in the Wall Street Journal and this one in the New York Times caught my eye. New York City has surpassed Boston as the #1 tech sector for Internet and mobile technologies on the east coast. The story
May 2012
Federal Data Breach Notification Laws
By Al Saikali on
The title of this blog entry is somewhat of a misnomer because there is no single national data breach notification law that governs all information the same way as the state data breach notification laws do. So, for the time being, companies and consumers are forced to determine which state data breach notification laws apply…
State Data Breach Notification Laws
By Al Saikali on
In 2005, a company called ChoicePoint, which collected personal and financial information for millions of consumers, was the victim of a security breach. Criminals stole from ChoicePoint personal information for more than 145,000 individuals. The floodgates opened and a variety of other corporations and organizations revealed similar data breaches that had resulted in unauthorized…