Employers Face New Compliance Challenges As Massachusetts Becomes the 39th State to Enact a Security Breach Notice Law (September 2007)

Misdirected e-mail, lost and stolen laptops, and security flaws in corporate websites, when they expose employee personnel information to unauthorized individuals, are now more than a potential embarrassment; they are a legal compliance challenge, especially for multi-state employers. With Massachusetts recently becoming the 39th state to pass a notice-of-security-breach statute, it is just a matter of time before all fifty states require notice of a security breach.