June 2015 – Page 2 – InfoHive

Data Security: a 2016 Campaign Issue

Rand Paul has filabuster against the Patriot Act and has outspoken opinions on NSA data collection.

His opinions are echoed by Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders.

Factor in the recent federal government employee data breach and Hillary Clinton’s Department of State email, and data security and data privacy will play a key role in upcoming elections.

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Data Hacks by the Back Office

FBI is investigating a data breach allegedly pertetrated by the St. Louis Cardinals back office.

If you see one mouse in the barn, there are likely a lot more mice. Corporate data breaches are likley far more common.

Wallstreet Journal Posted by adminJune 18, 2015Posted indata privacy, law enforcement

3rd Smallest State Passes Data Breach Reform Legislation

Connecticut passed new data breach laws that will:

require businesses to notify affected person within 90 days of the breach
Require businesses to provide 1 year of identity-theft protection if their Social Security number is compromised

CT SB 949 Posted by adminJune 11, 2015Posted indata breach contract, legislative trend, retail data breach

Health Care Data Security Legislation from the North. Canada Comes Calling.

“Sweeping changes to provincial health privacy laws will soon cut down the red tape preventing authorities from prosecuting snoopers and force hospitals to declare all breaches of patient records to the privacy watchdog.”

the six month deadline to lay charges would be wiped out
potential fine for snoopers would be doubled from $50,000 to $100,000
Hospitals would also be forced to report all breaches to regulatory colleges and the provincial privacy commiss…

Who wins with a Data Security Breach?

Cyber Security Firms & their Investors according to the WallStreet Journal.

In the honorable mention category- are the data breach fixing firms, like the quick $21M federal contract to CSID. WashingtonPost

Data Collection and TXDOT

TexasTURF is sounding the alarm on data collection by TXDOT. As we know, data collection is ripe for a data breach.

Texas TURF says “TxDOT tracks drivers to mine data without their consent”

Tab on Federal Employee Data Breach: $21 Million and counting…

The numbers on the Chinese data hack at the IRS:

$20.7 M private contract to notify those who had information hacked
3.2 million notifications will be sent by e-mail and snail mail
Hacking victims will receive: “…$1 million identity theft insurance policy in case their identity is stolen, 18 months of credit monitoring and other security protections as part of the contract.”
4 million current and former federal employees affected

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