The New York State Attorney General’s finding that EyeMed Vision Care LLC had failed to protect customer data in violation of the NY SHIELD Act provides insights for companies on how to protect information. New York’s SHIELD Act applies, as we have written previously, to any organization owning or licensing the information of a NYS resident, not just organizations located in New York. It requires companies to take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect collected personal information.
Continue Reading Keeping Both Eyes on Cybersecurity