Liability Protection for Business that Meet Data Security Protections

What’s the deal? HB 80 (2021 | UT) creates an affirmative defense for businesses that follow national guidelines for data security and are hacked, potentially exposing sensitive personal data.

Why is this important? Affirmative Defenses, Liability protections are growing. OH started it back in 2019.

How will this be important? Those 2020 electoral maps were home to red, and those red states are apt to adopt liability protections for businesses when it comes to cyber security which is at the forefront of litigation.

St George’s News | Bill would give legal protection to businesses that store data, aims to increase consumer data security