Don’t Forget to Check the Circular Files During Privacy Compliance Reviews

Businesses seem to face added data security and privacy obligations by the day. As part of your compliance program, don’t forget to review state laws governing disposal of records containing personal information. Our state law survey on data disposal privacy is a great place to start. The survey highlights each state's laws regulating the disposal or destruction of records containing personal information stored by an organization. You can also check out our state Q&As on data disposal privacy and compare state requirements in our Data Security & Privacy State Law Comparison Tool.

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