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Information Security Clauses and Certifications - Part 1

By W. Scott Blackmer on January 17, 2010

Service contracts that involve protected personal information should include provisions allocating responsibility for protecting that information and responding to security breaches. Increasingly, this means incorporating specific references to applicable laws and information security standards, and often certifications of conformance.