MA Regulations Require Businesses to Have Information Security Program to Protect Personal Information
By Lester Rosen, ESR President The Massachusetts Offices of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations (OCABR) recently passed regulations that went into effect March 1, 2010 and are aimed at safeguarding the personal information of Massachusetts residents by requiring a business to have a Written Information Security Program (WISP) to protect personal information. The ‘STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION [...]
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Lesson on how a consumer should not react to an inaccurate background check
A federal District Court decision issued in August of 2009 in the Western District of Arkansas contains a valuable lesson for a consumer that believes that a background check was inaccurate. In that case, a Court held it was the consumer’s own behavior after the background check that caused the job loss, and not an [...]
Categories: Consumer protection, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Recent Posts Tags: background, check, criminal, employment