Cybersecurity and PII

The digital age has increased the flow of information shared online. A side-effect of the rise of the digital age is the amount of personal identifying information (PII) required to be shared online, and one industry that maintains large amounts of PII is the POA industry. Shareholder Eric Tonsul of our Houston Office details the responsibilities POAs face by holding large amounts of PII. Eric also details the cybersecurity threats POAs and management companies face, steps that can be taken to guard against an attack and what Texas law says must be done when an attack occurs.