lock1Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to the Corporate Compliance Forum for the Connecticut Community Providers Association. My thanks to Gayle Wintjen, General Counsel of Oak Hill, for the invitation to speak.

The topic was a familiar one to this blog — Data Privacy.  In the session, we tackled the new Connecticut law that should be keeping at least some employers up all night figuring things out.

As I said in my talk, employers that have had to adopt HIPAA compliance rules should be in a good shape to get into compliance with Connecticut law. Things like two-factor authentication aren’t nearly as intimidating when you’ve already adopted it for other areas.

Now, the rules don’t need to be adopted by everyone. But those employers who do business with the state of Connecticut are typically covered.

The Privacy and Data Protection Group of my firm put together a FAQ to inform current and potential state contractors of Connecticut’s data privacy and security requirements and to answer the most commonly asked questions about applicable Connecticut law and compliance with it. This article also includes our recommendations for analyzing compliance under applicable Connecticut law and, if necessary, developing a plan to satisfy the pertinent legal requirements.

You can download it free here.

For human resources, I think this is one of the more complicated times to be in HR. Between privacy, discrimination laws, wage & hour laws alone, there are many issues to keep on top of. Make sure data privacy is on your list of things to pay attention to for this year.

And stay tuned for more information on an upcoming program in November.