Attorney General Stein Wins $120,000 for North Carolina Over Nationwide Data Breach
Attorney General
"Data security must be a top priority," said Attorney General Stein. "People must be able to rely on the companies they do business with to keep their personal information safe. I will do everything in my power to protect North Carolinians from the risk of identity theft."
In addition to paying
* Hire a technology officer responsible for monitoring and managing software and application security updates;
* Update its procedures and policies relating to the maintenance and storage consumers' personal data;
* Conduct regular inventories of the patches and updates applied to its systems used to maintain consumers' personal information;
* Maintain and utilize system tools to monitor the health and security of these systems;
* Perform internal assessments of patch management practices and hire an outside, independent provider to perform an annual audit of practices regarding the collection and maintenance of personal information; and
* Disclose to consumers that Nationwide will retain personal information even if a consumer does not purchase insurance after receiving a quote.
In total, Nationwide will pay the states
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