State Data Breach Compliance Laws

Various states and local governments have instituted data protection and breach notification legislation. For example, California's SB 1386 law requires a state agency, or a person or business that conducts business in California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, any breach of the security of the data, as defined, to any resident of California whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.

Based on California's law, 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have enacted breach law. In addition, Massachusetts, California, Ohio, Nevada, Arizona and a number of other states have enacted state data protection laws. In 2009, the HITECH Act created the first nationwide data breach disclosure law for entities covered by HIPAA along with their business partners.

Vormetric State Data Breach Laws Compliance Solution

By providing strong encryption that not only protects the data, but the encryption keys as well, Vormetric's Data Security provides the necessary safeguards to keep your company from having to face breach notifications and also protect your most valuable business assets – your customers, your brand and your bottom line.