Computerworld - All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010.

The law (download PDF) is designed to ensure that companies holding data on Massachusetts residents have certain security controls in place .

Over the past two years, most of the provisions of the bill have already gone into effect. The last one, which deals with third-party compliance, takes effect on March 1.

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