Updated 2014 Data Breach Notification Costs by State
Carl Niedbala
COO & Co-Founder
COO & Co-Founder
Cyber liability costs are soaring these days for all kinds of businesses (startups included). Most people think of these “costs” as those related directly to the data breach: legal defense fees, settlements with users and 3rd party vendors, and forensic costs.
Loss attributed to data breach notification costs can go under the radar. When user data is compromised, the company must take steps to notify users that the their personal data has been [potentially] leaked. Seems simple enough, but the problem is that data breach notification laws differ across all 50 states. Each state can have it’s own way of thinking about:
As you can see, navigating the breach notification legal landscape can get expensive pretty quickly. A good Cyber liability insurance policy can mitigate a ton of this risk by covering data breach notification costs as well as more “traditional” data breach costs.
If you’re curious about the laws in your state, law firm Mintz Levin created a quick cheat sheet of breach notification laws by state that has been updated as recently as August 2014. You can dive in to look at the laws in your specific state, but here are a couple big picture takeaways from the document:
Take some time to see where your state falls on the breach notification. If you don’t know and you have any questions, reach out! Or give us a call. If you want, you can skip the small talk and go ahead and get a quote.
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