Welcome to the Future!
What class action is progressing? The suit involving the Anthem Inc. health breach that affected 97 million.
What did the judge do that allowed the class action to move forward? Rejected Anthem’s argument that a data breach is not a recognizeable injury
What does this mean? Courts have split on whether a data breach, with no proof that the stolen data has been used to cause a harm, is enough of an injury to satisfy a lawsuit. The California Judge’s order says it is enough of an injury…
Which Attorney General office analyzed state data security breaches? California
What is the most popular data to breach?
What recommendations to policymakers emerged?
Providing mechanisms to address a decedent’s online presence is a growing trend.
This sounds rather nerdy, why is it important to a corporate client? Because the state may tell your client what it can and cannot do with customer data.
So, what state is now wading into this territory? Wyoming
What could happen with data at death?
What regulation proposals are floating around related to connected cars and data security?
Which executive is proposing a new cabinet level position to coordinate cybersecurity? President Obama’s proposed budget includes the creation of “new high-level federal official to coordinate cybersecurity across civilian agencies and to work with military and intelligence counterparts”
Is there a new cyber security plan? Yes, the “Cybersecurity National Action Plan”
What’s the goal? build a cohesive, broad federal cybersecurity response that will:
What do the feds want to stop the state legislatures from doing? barring the manufacture and sale of unbreakably encrypted smartphones
Why does this matter? California and New York have pending legislation to bar the manufacturing and sale of unbreakably encrypted smartphones.
Why would the state want to prevent unbreakably encrypted smnartphones? Law enforcement wants access to smart phone data.
What groups are involved in this policy fight? tech companies v. law enforcement
The Virginia legislature is considering the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act which would:
The Hewlett Foundation has a $65 million initiative in cyber security.
Robert and Renee Belfer just added $15 million for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School to establish the Cyber Security Project.
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Minnesota wants to do a better job protecting student data privacy. Here’s what the land of 10,000 lakes is proposing in its House Bill 2386: