Edward McAndrew of Ballard Spahr LLP writes:
Alabama has officially joined the data breach notification party. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed Act No. 2018-396 into law on March 28, 2018. The law will take effect on May 1, 2018. Although it was last in the country to enact such a data security law, Alabama’s new law will immediately take its place among the most stringent in the nation.
Read more of this Ballard Spahr article, courtesy of JDSupra, below: