What’s happening? Florida is considering HB 1297 (2021 | FL) that will create a Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council to coordinate communication between law enforcement, the council and the state’s chief information security officer’s office. Why is this important? The state had created data security protocols, established training, and created the Florida Digital Service that is responsible […]
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Meet the Bitcoin that Choose Austin, TX for its Headquarters
What’s happening? Blockcap Inc., one of the largest bitcoin mining and blockchain technology companies based in the United States opened its Austin headquarters. Why is this important? Blockcap wants to make the US a central global player for digital asset mining and blockchain technology more broadly. How will this be important? Blockcap’s mining capacity ti […]
Red State Follows Blue State for Data Protection Legislation.
What’s happening? Florida is adopting a new Data Privacy law modeled after California’s data privacy law. The goal in Florida, like in California, is to put Floridians in control of their data privacy. It has bipartisan support in the Legislature. Why is this important? Businesses that make money from selling consumer data. To bring business […]
1st State with Vaccine Passport
What’s happening? New York engaged IBM to develop its 1st in the nation vaccine passport. Why is this important? When we hear passport we think paper passport, and yet, we’d be wrong. The passport is a simple digital wallet that can be accessed on mobile devices, which holds three items: your name, a QR code […]
Vaccine Passports & Technology
What’s happening? Hawaii is proposing a vaccine passport for entry. Why is this important?The technology options for a vaccine passport are : CommonPass and CLEAR. The technology will take about 4 weeks to get up and running. How will this be important? First Hawaii and then Texas says no. How says Florida? Honolulu Star Advertiser […]
Criminal Punishments Including Internet Bans
What’s happening? Some of the insurgents at the U.S. Capitol have been facing trials and pretrial conditions include prohibitions from accessing the internet. Why is this important? It’s pretty new and novel for these types of crimes to prohibit access to the internet for the defendant. The courts are here to be truth police thereby […]