We've received a number of questions recently regarding Nevada's electronic transmission encryption law that became effective October 1, 2008.  As explained below, DocMagic's various processing and document delivery systems provide ample tools to ensure compliance with Nevada's email encryption law.

The Nevada email encryption law is set forth in NRS 597.970 and states as follows:

NRS 597.970  Restrictions on transfer of personal information through electronic transmission.

1. A business in this State shall not transfer any personal information of a customer through an electronic transmission other than a facsimile to a person outside of the secure system of the business unless the business uses encryption to ensure the security of electronic transmission.
2. As used in this section:

(a) "Encryption" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4742.
(b) "Personal information" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 603A.040.

"Encryption" is defined in NRS 205.4742 to mean "the use of any protective or disruptive measure, including, without limitation, cryptography, enciphering, encoding or a computer contaminant, to:

1. Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt access to any data, information, image, program, signal or sound;
2. Cause or make any data, information, image, program, signal or sound unintelligible or unusable; or
3. Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt the normal operation or use of any component, device, equipment, system or network.

"Personal information" is defined in NRS 603A.040 to mean "a natural person's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements, when the name and data elements are not encrypted:

1. Social security number.
2. Driver's license number or identification card number.
3. Account number, credit card number or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to the person's financial account.

"Personal information" does not include the last four digits of a social security number or publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public.

The DocMagic data transmission systems ensure that data transmissions are encrypted using 128-bit RSA keys over an SSL channel.  Please review the information available here.

Furthermore, we have written in the past about the DocMagic password security associated with DocMagic's various document delivery systems.  Please review the information about this important security tool available here.