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Tougher consumer data rule adopted

Businesses must improve safeguards

By Todd Wallack
Globe Staff / September 23, 2008

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In the wake of a series of alarming data breaches, placing hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts consumers at risk of identity theft, state regulators released new rules yesterday ordering businesses to better safeguard consumers' personal information. (Full article: 606 words)

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