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The protection of your customers and employees’ personal information begins with security, but continues through organizations with privacy compliance. This blog addresses timely privacy topics including behavioral advertising, Red Flag Rules, the new Massachusetts regulations, HIPAA, GLBA, data transfer, cloud computing and other emerging privacy issues, laws, regulations and challenges that organizations will continue to face.


Matthew P. Barach Matthew P. Barach, Esq., CIPP/G is the founder of Boston Privacy Group, a privacy consulting firm, and he is the former Internet and Information Privacy Counsel for the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB). He has advised numerous businesses on information privacy best practices. He created the New York State Business Guide to Privacy and his work has been published regularly in the Privacy Advisor. Mr. Barach has been a lawyer and entrepreneur for 14 years. He is an avid golfer and a proud, but slow, runner. He lives with his wife and two children in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He can be reached at mpbesq@comcast.net