On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:59, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can someone clarify who this applies to?
>
> “persons who own or license personal information about a resident of the
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts” defined as:
>
> Owns or licenses, receives, stores, maintains, processes, or otherwise has
> access to personal information in connection with the provision of goods or
> services or in connection with employment.
>
> Person, a natural person, corporation, association, partnership or other
> legal entity, other than an agency, executive office, department, board,
> commission, bureau, division or authority of the Commonwealth, or any of its
> branches, or any political subdivision thereof.
>
> Because those people, as of two days ago are to perform “Encryption of all
> transmitted records and files containing personal information that will
> travel across public networks, and encryption of all data containing
> personal information to be transmitted wirelessly" AND "[e]ncryption of all
> personal information stored on laptops or other portable devices . .
>
> http://www.mass.gov/Eoca/docs/idtheft/201CMR1700reg.pdf?mtcCampaign=-1&mtcEmail=13086283
>
> Does that mean if my company does business with someone in Mass that any
> personal data of theirs I have needs to be encrypted when transmitted or
> stored on my systems?

That's the way it reads to me. But IANAL, and I'd recommend bringing
this up with your company's counsel.

Kurt

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