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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 »

My Revelation about backing up

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Wednesday, December 23, 2009

I have 2 computers at home, one for work and one for family. The family computer, however, is also used by my wife for her job as a computer programmer which is done 100% from home. Now, being a geek, I don’t worry too much about my home computer. I know how to fix it if it breaks, I have Carbonite on there to back up my critical work and valued family files offsite automatically. I know how to clean up malware, recover data from failed hard drives, reinstall windows, etc.

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