Utah Establishes a Legal Safe Harbor for Companies That Adopt Data Security Programs
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/04/21
Utah has become the second state to establish a legal safe harbor for private-sector entities that follow certain cybersecurity best practices. On March 11, 2021, Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed into law the Cybersecurity Affirmative Defense Act, H.B. 80, which provides an affirmative defense for companies that create, maintain, and reasonably comply with a written cybersecurity program, but that are nonetheless victims of a data security breach. Seen largely as an effort to incentivize the...
By: Wiley Rein LLP