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MA Lawyers: Free Guides to Data Privacy Compliance

By Robert J. Ambrogi

As of Jan. 1, 2010, Massachusetts lawyers will be required to comply with the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, a strict new law requiring businesses to encrypt personal data and adopt written policies for data and file storage. The <a href="http://www.massbar.org/" target="_blank">Massachusetts Bar Association</a>, the <a href="http://www.masslomap.org/" target="_blank">Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program</a> and <a href="http://www.catuogno.cc/">Catuogno Court Reporting Services</a> have joined forces to present two <a href="http://www.catuogno.cc/legal-technology-expo-videos/">free videos</a> on what lawyers must know and do to comply with the law.<br /><br />In the first video, Rodney Dowell, LOMAP director, discusses the purposes and requirements of the law. In the second, Mark L. Kupsc, president and CTO of <a href="http://www.hytech.org/" target="_blank">HyTech Management LLC</a>, Hingham, Mass., reviews the steps a law firm should take to implement data security.<br /><br />In addition to the videos, LOMAP's Jared Correia today posted a <a href="http://masslomap.blogspot.com/2009/06/lomap-offers-free-online-cle-covering.html">guide to the Data Privacy Act</a>. It includes links to the act, the relevant statutes and regulations and various other resources helpful in understanding and complying with the law.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958829-3979158245115984887?l=www.legaline.com%2Flawsites.html'/></div>

Full post as published by Lawsites on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).