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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (683,874 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Cloud Computing Security]( Video Ropes & Gray LLP Jim DeGraw, Ropes & Gray technology partner, addresses cloud computing security issues that companies should be aware of as they consider moving data… [Massachusetts Issues Proposed Regulations Requiring Remote Sellers to Collect Sales Tax]( Massachusetts Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP We previously reported to you that the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) had revoked Directive 17-1 requiring the collection of… [Episode 10 - Cybersecurity & IoT]( Frost Brown Todd LLC IoT - the Internet of Things - is the interconnection of physical objects and data. 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