IMPACT: NY’s Shield Act and the Importance of Cyber/Data Breach Liability Insurance

Does Mar. 21, 2020 mean anything to you?


If you are a business in New York, this is the deadline to comply with New York’s “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act,” or the “SHIELD” Act. Compliance requires any business maintaining “…computerized data which includes private information of a resident of New York shall develop, implement and maintain reasonable safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of the personal and private information including, but not limited to, disposal of data.”

Read more about the Shield Act, and how it impacts you and your business.