Monthly Archives: March 2020

Which state regulator: New York’s department of financial services (NYDFS) What is the regulator requiring of cryptocurrency companies? preparedness plans to manage the spread of the disease disclosure of preventive measures and the protection of employees evaluation of the potential increased risk of cyber-attacks and fraud by the epidemic Crypto Currency Market | The State […]

Top 4 data privacy issues associated with the pandemic: Will surveillance & location tracking continue after the outbreak? Is the health tracking that occurred reversible? Was the location tracking anonymous? Was there consent for the location tracking? EU Observer | Privacy issues arise as governments track virus

Who:  “Cyber School,”  by the Academy of Cybersecurity, operated voluntarily by cybersecurity experts What: Daily live stream of coding and algorithms, online safety, ethical hacking and social engineering Cyber Scoop | This team wants to teach your kids cybersecurity while they’re home from school

What did New York’s Shield Act, an amendment to the states data breach notification law, require that we may see replicated in mass? requiring that state data security rules must be tailored to the size of the business CSO | New York’s SHIELD Act could change companies’ security practices nationwide

Where: Ohio What election measures is OHIO considering for its now postponed primary election? Only mail in ballots How many states allow elections to be conducted only by mail? 21 How many allow full statewide elections by mail? 4 — Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington What is voter turn out in mail-in ballot states?  Colorado […]

What are tech companies saying and doing? Google: Issued statement it would limit government access to location data Facebook: CEO Zuckerberg: “I don’t think it would make sense to share people’s data if people haven’t opted in for that” Apple: Does not collect iPhone user location data Politico | In another coronavirus-related security issue for […]

Dark web ransomware sites offering coronavirus packages Trump Administration Relief plan includes the following data security funding: $21 million for Department of Energy cybersecurity $47 million for FEMA for data security + data networks $17 million for Interior Department for network upgrades $5.5 million for National Archives and Records Administration to provide electronic remote access and […]

Issues for Cannabis Companies: What customer and supply chain information are you retaining? Is that information protected? Does your company have a plan if there is a data breach or ransomware attack? Does your state have a track-and-trace requirement for cannabis businesses? How is notification of a breach impacted when a customer from State B, […]

Where: California What: AB 2320 (2020 | CA) Which contractors would be impacted? contractors that receive or are given access to records that contain personal information protected under the state’s Information Practices Act What type of personal information is the state protecting? names social security numbers physical descriptions home addresses home telephone numbers education financial […]

Where: Utah What: HB 158 (2020 | UT) creates an affirmative defense from litigation for businesses that follow state law on maintaining cyber security programs How does the state define the cyber security programs with which businesses will have to comply? conforms to an industry recognized cybersecurity framework example programs: NIST special publication 800-171; NIST […]