Mass. 201 CMR 17: Data Security Compliance

Massachusetts passed a law regulating the way organizations store, transfer and protect personal information. This law, passed in September 2008, is in effect as of March 1, 2010.

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Enacted to prevent identity theft, 207 CMR 17 carries penalties of up to $50,000 per violation.

Remote Data Backups' secure online backup service helps organizations effectively safeguard sensitive personal data and comply with the Mass. 201 CRM 17 regulation.

Encrypt Personal Information

Any organization who engage in commerce in Massachusetts -- and those handling data on Massachusetts residents -- are required to encrypt documents sent over the Internet, wirelessly transmitted, or saved on laptops or portable drives.

This includes accounting, financial and healthcare firms and anyone storing a Massachusetts resident's first name or initial and last name, along with:

• Social security number 
• Driver's license number or state-issued identification card number 
• Financial account number, or credit or debit card number

Safeguard Employee Data

Any business or organization that stores personal information on your employees must also take measures to safeguard that data.

The law states that you should limit the amount, time of retention and access to personal info collected on employees to that reasonably necessary to accomplish the legitimate purpose for which it is collected.

How to Comply with 201 CRM 17 and Protect Personal Information
Remote Data Backups' secure online backup service helps organizations comply with the 201 CRM 17 regulation.

Over the past decade, Remote Data Backups has helped thousands of entities comply with similar Data Security Regulations on a federal level, such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley, and is now helping Massachusetts clients comply with 201 CMR 17.

Our service automatically bank-level encrypts data (128-bit AES) before it leaves your computer, then securely transmits and stores data in encrypted format at two underground, mirrored data centers. Each is a Level 4 Data Center with armed security, with enterprise network infrastructure and firewalls.

No one can access backed up data without the encryption key you create during setup, and it is kept safely offsite in case of hard drive crash, data corruption, accidental changes or deletions, fire, flood, theft, etc.

Secure storage through Remote Data Backups effectively eliminates data loss risk and breach via manual backup methods such as USB, flash, Zip, CD, DVD, tape, etc., and also provides ultra-reliable laptop data protection.

Remote Data Backups has been providing business-class online backups for over a decade, and provides free expert phone support 24/7.