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HospitalityLawyer: Massachusetts Privacy Law - PCI Resources for Hotels and Restaurants

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

On Monday, March 1, the Massachusetts Privacy Law went into effect. Chris Zoladz, Founder of Navigate LLC, says, “This law is applicable to any company dealing with the personal information of a Massachusetts resident…. The regulation requires that certain policies, procedures and technology controls be in place to protect personal information on a continuous basis.” For more information on the law, please click here.

For more information protection and privacy information, including PCI compliance, please see the resources below:

Our on-demand library contains the following data privacy webinars.

  • Avoid Becoming the Next Headline - How to avoid a data breach?, presented by Chris Zoladz
  • Your Company Just Experienced a Data Breach - Now What?, presented by Chris Zoladz

The HospitalityLawyer.com Solutions Store offers the following PCI Compliance Forms:

  • Compliance with PCI DSS Business Process Requirements Food & Beverage At-a-Glance
  • Compliance with PCI DSS Business Process Requirements Accounting/PCI Business Champion At-a-Glance
  • Compliance with PCI DSS Business Process Requirements Front Desk Champion At-a-Glance
  • Compliance with PCI DSS Business Process Requirements Sales & Marketing Champion At-a-Glance
  • Job Tasks PCI At a Glance
  • Tips to Reduce the Scope of your PCI Compliance Effort
  • Information Protection & Privacy Checklist for Reviewing Third Party Service Providers
  • Information Protection & Privacy Compliance for U.S. Sales & Marketing – A General Counsel’s Checklist

HospitalityLawyer.com also offers a PCI Compliance Newsletter. View previous editions here. 

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Early Registration Ends Soon for Hospitality Law Conference

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Early registration for the 2010 Hospitality Law Conference ends January 11. Don’t miss the only program devoted exclusively to legal, safety and security issues impacting the hotel, restaurant, and travel industries. Register Now to take advantage of discounted rates!

The 2010 Conference will kick off on Wednesday, February 3, with a Pre-Conference Workshop and will feature the following sessions:

  • Information Protection and Privacy, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Workshop – including PCI compliance, forensic investigations, and data security
  • Hospitality Real Estate Transactions Workshop – including workouts, special service providers and how recent economic events have affected the real estate industry.
  • Hotel & Restaurant In-House Counsel Workshop – including bargaining with credit card companies, protecting proprietary data, unions, and antitrust issues

The Hospitality Law Conference will shift into full gear on Thursday, February 4, with breakout sessions on a host of relevant and timely topics:

  • Lodging and Fundamentals of Hospitality Law - including management contracts, OTAs, taxation issues, and more
  • Food & Beverage – including the tip credit, Truth in Menu, selling alcohol, and alcohol sponsorship issues
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations – including wage and hour issues, sexual harassment, OSHA, and the Fair Labor Standards Act
  • Loss Prevention & Risk Management – including bed bugs, insurance litigation, claims, and various liability issues

Don’t miss the Wine Tasting & Product Showcase on Thursday, February 4, to be eligible to win a $1,000 American Express gift card. Stay until the end of the conference to be eligible to win a $500 American Express gift card, which will be drawn during the Closing Remarks on Friday, February 5.

Accreditation:

MCLE accreditation for up to 16.0 hours (including 1 hour of ethics) is available.

This program has been approved for 4 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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Navigate LLC and HospitalityLawyer.com Enter Into an Alliance

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Navigate LLC will contribute information protection and privacy expertise to HospitalityLawyer.com on-line products, webinars, and conference offerings.

Chris Zoladz, Founder of Navigate LLC, announces a new business alliance between Navigate and Hospitality Lawyer. The alliance is formed to expand the scope of issues currently addressed by HospitalityLawyer to now include information protection & privacy legal and business issues relevant to the hospitality industry. About the new alliance, Mr. Zoladz says, “I am excited to begin collaboration with HospitalityLawyer and provide information protection and privacy expertise in this increasingly important and challenging area.”

The first webinar highlighting the expanded offering will be on November 11. The featured topic is “Avoid Becoming the Next Headline – How to Avoid a Data Breach” and will address steps to prevent a costly data breach. The topic for a second webinar on November 18 is “Your Company Just Experienced a Data Breach - Now What?” Mr. Stephen Barth, founder of HospitalityLawyer.com said, “We are delighted to create an alliance with Navigate. Information protection and privacy is an area of competency important to our hospitality audience. Mr. Zoladz brings to HospitalityLawyer.com a wealth of experience and insight about information protection and privacy in the hospitality industry. He is a recognized leader in the field and will broaden immensely our offerings to the industry.”

Navigate LLC provides strategic and tactical information protection and privacy consulting services to commercial and government organizations with a specialty in hospitality. Navigate LLC was founded by Mr. Chris Zoladz, former Vice President of Information Protection & Privacy at Marriott International, and a recognized pioneer and industry leader in the area of Information Protection and Privacy. Navigate was formed to assist organizations pragmatically address their information protection and privacy business needs and legal obligations in a cost effective and efficient manner.

For more information please contact:

Mr. Chris Zoladz, Founder, Navigate LLC
12 Milestone Manor Court
Germantown, MD 20876
PH: 240.475.3640
FAX: 888.284.7309
www.navigatellc.net
Info@navigatellc.net

Mr. Stephen Barth, Founder, HospitalityLawyer.com
P. O. Box 22888
Houston, TX 77227
PH: 713.963.8800
FAX: 713.627.9934
www.hospitalitylawyer.com
SBarth@hospitalitylawyer.com

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