Third-Party Vendors: Are You on the Same Page?
Your Vendors May Be Weak Links in Supply Chain Breaches
Your Vendors May Be Weak Links in Supply Chain Breaches
The Massachusetts law 201 CMR 17.00 that forces US organizations to protect the PII of Massachusetts residents went into its final enforcement phase on March 1, 2012. By that date, no exceptions, businesses that send Massachusetts-based PII to vendors (service providers) needed to require in providers’ contracts that they will also abide by the law.