Mississippi is considering statewide standards for data that will:
- how to long to store personal data
- how to dispose of personal data
- what personal data can be disposed of
- how to store personal data
- apply to all state entities that have personal data in their possession
- what a state agency, Department of Archives and History, needs to store data in perpetuity
What prompted this legislative action by Mississippi?
- A 2013 breach of health care data at the Univeristy of Mississippi
- A resulting 2016 $2.75 Million penalty by the US DHHS as a result of the data breach
- An unfavorable report by the state legislative watchdog committee for Performance Expenditure and Evaluation Review