This white paper describes legal issues related to information security. Businesses generally have a heightened awareness of threats to their security, but the legal maze is not limited to threats alone. Protection of personal data, transfer of information abroad, selling to markets outside the country and the management of databases all have their own distinct legal frameworks, failure to comply with them could result in an expensive, embarrassing mistake.
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