[Hidden-tech] New Massachusetts Encryption Law

[aevans1958 at aol.com]

I consult for the Massachusetts State Racing Commission and was recently asked to revise programs written in Visual Basic which store data in Access to encrypt private data. 
This request was in direct response to the new encryption law.? I will be looking into how best do this, and would welcome thoughts/suggestions.

- Arthur Evans


-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
To: David Korpiewski <davidk at cs.umass.edu>
Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:17 pm
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] New Massachusetts Encryption Law



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>>>>> David Korpiewski <davidk at cs.umass.edu> writes:

  > I was just notified about a new Massachusetts data encryption law that is
  > going into effect May 1, 2009.  It is pretty harsh and requires all data
  > with personal information to be encrypted, even on backup tapes.

IMHO, 201 CMR 17.00 is long overdue.

Fortunately for folks responsible for implementing it, on 2/12 the Mass Office
of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation issued a few amendments -- and
another extension.

Under the extension, the rules will now take effect 1 January 2010.

(The amendments make the standard for third party vendor relationships more
reasonable, and -- for some unknown reason -- omit the requirement for
encryption to personal data transmitted over public networks or wireless
communications.)

-- 
Roger Williams <roger at qux.com>
Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation
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