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Re: Nevada Law Mandates Encryption of Electronically-Transmitted Personal Information
From: Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:53:10 -0400
too bad they exclude fax. http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2005/06/florida_hospita.html http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/02/brigham_and_wom.html http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/03/cibc_one_customers_wire_t.html On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 03:32:12PM +0000, security curmudgeon wrote: | | | ---------- Forwarded message ---------- | From: John Payton <john.payton () gmail com> | To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org | | Nevada has enacted a data security law that mandates encryption for the | transmission of personal information (see Nev. Rev. Stat. ยง 597.970 | (2005)). Specifically, the Nevada encryption statute generally prohibits | a business in Nevada from transferring "any personal information of a | customer through an electronic transmission," except via facsimile, | "unless the business uses encryption to ensure the security of electronic | transmission."[1] The Nevada encryption law goes into effect on October 1, | 2008. | | More: http://mofo.com/news/updates/bulletins/12866.html | _______________________________________________ | Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) | http://attrition.org/dataloss | | Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring | solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your | traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! | http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
Current thread:
- Nevada Law Mandates Encryption of Electronically-Transmitted Personal Information security curmudgeon (Oct 09)
- Re: Nevada Law Mandates Encryption of Electronically-Transmitted Personal Information Chris Walsh (Oct 09)
- Re: Nevada Law Mandates Encryption of Electronically-Transmitted Personal Information Adam Shostack (Oct 10)