Privacy is not Security!
August 13, 2010 – 11:47 pm | Comments

Just like HIPPA is not HIPAA.  Privacy is a very different thing than security.  I am exploring a career move and I have been searching out and assessing possible privacy positions with many different types …

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Pro bono Privacy for NPO’s – Am I crazy or should we help (or both)?
March 12, 2010 – 7:24 pm | Comments
Pro bono Privacy for NPO’s – Am I crazy or should we help (or both)?

This is how Wikipedia defines pro bono -
Pro bono publico (usually shortened to pro bono) is a phrase derived from Latin meaning “for the public good”. The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without …

Last business day before the new Massachusetts privacy regs. are effective – some thoughts
February 26, 2010 – 5:49 pm | Comments
Last business day before the new Massachusetts privacy regs. are effective – some thoughts

The new Massachusetts data privacy regulations become effective on Monday, March 1, 2010.  Are you ready?  I didn’t think so.
Almost one year ago, on March 11, 2009, I presented my first seminar on the topic. …

Q: Massachusetts data privacy regulations? A: Now!
February 10, 2010 – 1:57 pm | Comments
Q: Massachusetts data privacy regulations? A: Now!

Q: When do we need to worry about the new Massachusetts data privacy regulations (201 CMR 17.00)?
A:

The deadline for compliance with the Massachusetts information security provision is March 1, 2010.  It is highly unlikely there …

The New Massachusetts Data Security Law: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know
February 8, 2010 – 7:11 pm | Comments
The New Massachusetts Data Security Law: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know

We have scheduled a seminar at the Trustees of Reservations’ Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Massachusetts.
The seminar is free and is for non-profits.  The truth is, every non-profit needs to know the same thing as …

Ground Hog Day – Speaking at Norfolk Law Library today
February 2, 2010 – 7:36 am | Comments
Ground Hog Day – Speaking at Norfolk Law Library today

I will be presenting at the Norfolk Law Library brown bag series today on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations.  The presentation will be an informal mix of compliance topics for lawyers and their clients.
I also …

Deadline for Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations is firm
January 14, 2010 – 2:18 pm | Comments
Deadline for Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations is firm

In a continuing legal education seminar sponsored by MCLE on January 12, 2010, Barbara Anthony, Undersecretary of Consumer Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, OCABR, the agency responsible for promulgating the new Massachusetts Data Privacy …

You can’t protect your data if you can’t find it.
December 4, 2009 – 9:56 am | Comments
You can’t protect your data if you can’t find it.

Recently, I was asked for my insight regarding the implementation of the new Massachusetts data security rules.  Specifically, the question related to whether it is better to treat every bit of data as if it …

New Massachusetts Regulations: “Data security breach is not a question of if, it’s a question of when”
November 18, 2009 – 10:11 am | Comments
New Massachusetts Regulations: “Data security breach is not a question of if, it’s a question of when”

I had the pleasure yesterday to attend a small-format seminar hosted by Wilmer Hale on the Massachusetts data security regulations.  The event was organized by Machiko Sano Hewitt of the Lawyers Clearinghouse.  (Who, by the …

(Latest) final version of the Massachusetts data privacy regulations
November 6, 2009 – 6:43 pm | Comments
(Latest) final version of the Massachusetts data privacy regulations

The latest final version of the new Massachusetts data privacy regulations have been released and posted.  See them here.
For a review of the changes (minor), read my post from Monday.  You can also read the …

More tweaks to the Massachusetts data privacy regulations on the way
November 2, 2009 – 3:26 pm | Comments
More tweaks to the Massachusetts data privacy regulations on the way

Update: More information on the Foley, Hoag site.
According to the Hunton & Williams blog:
On October 30, as reported by the Bureau of National Affairs (“BNA”), the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation stated …