Illinois has upgraded its statutory framework for protecting non-public personal information (NPI). HB3025, which takes effect in 2012, amends Illinois Public Act 097-0483 (the Personal Information Protection Act) to cause Illinois to join a small but growing group of states attempting to impose more specific or enhanced data security, information disposal, and breach notification provisions on those who collect and/or store [...]
When thinking about intellectual property, it is easy to get lost in the detail. Almost everything in the commercial world has an IP aspect to it: web content is awash in copyrights; product labels are replete with trademarks; technological advances are adorned with patent numbers; and EVERY business has its trade secrets. Moreover, every form of IP [...]
In case you missed it, 4.9 million patients had their personal health information compromised between September 2009 and September 2010. Nearly every state has a data security/data breach notification law. Massachusetts took it one step further and replaced the common “reasonable” data security standard with a detailed standard. And what does Colorado have in mind [...]
Today’s mantra: Do more for less! The efficiency of on-demand resources, like just-in-time inventory control, is the premise and allure of cloud computing. Before entering into a relationship with a vender providing solutions “in the cloud,” consider employing these five due-diligence questions. 1. Where are the servers that will supply the capacity the solution vender promises? Where the [...]
Conceptually, “cloud computing” is nothing more than hosted software, infrastructure, or platforms with related data storage; or in the jargon of cloud computing, it is “software as a service” (SaaS), “infrastructure as a service” (IaaS), or “platform as a service” (PaaS). What makes it particularly compelling for the licensee or end-user is the ease with [...]
