http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2008/11/26/guest-blogger-wednesday-avivah-litan-on-massachusetts-data-protection-law/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2008/11/26/guest-blogger-wednesday-avivah-litan-on-massachusetts-data-protection-law/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 MIke Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:17:40 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/?p=250#comment-1699 As a Massachusetts citizen I, too, worry about the standards with which my state is taking care of <a href="http://www.sophos.com/products/secure-your-data/" rel="nofollow">data protection</a>. People always worry about their credit card companies and retail outlets, but we cannot forget that our state agencies know EVERYTHING about us! A breach of security on that level could much more easily lead to identity theft and serious damage to your credit rating, not to mention any financial loss that could incur from such a breach. As a Massachusetts citizen I, too, worry about the standards with which my state is taking care of data protection. People always worry about their credit card companies and retail outlets, but we cannot forget that our state agencies know EVERYTHING about us! A breach of security on that level could much more easily lead to identity theft and serious damage to your credit rating, not to mention any financial loss that could incur from such a breach.

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