Monthly Archives: July 2019

Why is clothing storing data? smart fabrics What data is gathered and stored? Biometrics Does HIPPA apply? NO How are legislatures handling it? An Amendment to California’s Consumer Privacy Act is leading the way Retail Dive | Wear it out: How smart tech and data collection will impact retail

Montana, Arizona and Oregon enacted dealer protections for control over data stored in a DMS & preventing the software providers from charging a fee to third parties Similar protections passed in Hawaii and North Carolina When does the issue arise legislatively? When states implement new titling software Do dealers want to leave it up to […]

Where are the data breaches? Maryland Department of Labor  & Oregon’s Department of Human Services How does blockchain help prevent this? It eliminates a centralized server or a non-auditable database It limits human error It is efficient It can eliminate the need for 3rd party data bases Would this really work?  Support inthis paper from […]

Which businesses?  Toyota IBM NEC Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Thomson Reuters Cisco Systems Mastercard Airbnb What do they want protected? software source codes, algorithms and encryption keys Why do they want this protected? Critical corporate information What regulations/laws do they fear? Anything that requires the disclosure thereof What these businesses are asking for is part […]

Where: Sommerville, Mass. What: City Council unanimously banned the use of facial recognition software Why is this a legislative issue? Sommerville is the 2nd city after San Francisco to ban the technology Calls are on full-time legislatures to pass statewide bans on the software How is the issue being messaged? “…dystopian technology further outpaces our civil […]