As reported in a previous post, the new Massachusetts security regulations affect almost every employer in the Commonwealth and many other companies with other relationships with Massachusetts residents.  They will require significant security and other policy changes, including encryption of laptops and wireless communications containing personal information.

While the effective date of these rules was recently postponed from January 1 to May 1, 2009, there is a considerable amount of work that companies and entities of all sorts, including many located outside Massachusetts, will need to do to comply.

Click here to read a Client Advisory by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge about the Massachusetts guidelines and extension of effective date.