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Mass Data Protection Law – What does it mean for my company?
Posted by Joe Mercadante on Monday, June 14, 2010
I get many questions about 201 CMR 17.00: STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, also know informally as the Mass Data Protection Law. The first question is usually, “does the law apply to me?” and the second is, “what information is considered personal,” and the third is, “am I compliant (and if not, what do I need to do about it).” More »
Cobbler's Kids Shoes Syndrome
Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
IT companies sometimes suffer from the “Cobbler’s Kid’s Shoes Syndrome”. The cobbler never gets around to fixing his kid’s shoes, because he is busy doing his work for pay, and his kids are going around town with embarrassingly worn shoes. Sometimes Geek Officecalls has this problem. Recently, our 3 year old router began to show its age and we had to reboot it a lot and sometimes it took several reboots to get it to work. So, this week, I installed a new router. I’d like to share with you some of the awesome benefits of this router (which wasn’t hideously expensive). More »