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Michigan alarm work requires a LARA Security Alarm Contractor Agency license: verify it before you sign

Michigan’s Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act requires businesses that install, service, maintain, alter or monitor security alarm systems to hold a license from LARA. Check the license, and its renewal date, before contracting.

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FTC Safeguards Rule: notify the FTC within 30 days when unencrypted data on 500 or more consumers is acquired

Since May 13, 2024, 16 CFR 314.4(j) requires FTC-regulated financial institutions to report a notification event involving at least 500 consumers to the FTC no later than 30 days after discovery. Discovery is the first day any employee or agent knows.

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Credit unions must report a reportable cyber incident to NCUA within 72 hours, including vendor-caused ones

12 CFR 748.1 requires federally insured credit unions to notify NCUA within 72 hours of reasonably believing a reportable cyber incident occurred, and that includes disruptions caused through a cloud, hosting or other third-party provider.

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Michigan breach notice under MCL 445.72: decide, document and notify before the deadline pressure

Michigan’s Identity Theft Protection Act sets who must be notified after a database breach, what each notice must say, and when a vendor must tell the data owner instead. Build those decisions into the response plan before an incident.

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