Monthly Archives: May 2011

By Nick Akerman and Melissa Krasnow. Melissa Krasnow is a corporate partner in the Minneapolis office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP who also is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Publication Advisory Board. What does a company do if it is faced with a possible or actual breach of customer, employee or shareholder personal data? California enacted the first state data breach notification law in 2003, obligating companies to notify individuals whose personal data had been compromised in a data breach. Since then, 45 more states have followed California’s lead in … [ Continue reading → ]