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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is wrangling over wording in an anti-hacking statute.
What legislative craft became legal fodder? Whether a law that prevents hacking can be applied against a business.
Why does this matter to your clients? Businesses want to protect the data they retain and the data their customers have on their websites and computers. But, who owns that data?
Why does this matter in Texas? Data storage facilities in Texas, like the large Facebook data storage open…
Australia is re-writing its data security laws. A draft proposal includes exemptions from notification requirements for governmental entities and telecommunications companies.
Australia’s Draft Data Security Legislation
The Guardian | Telcos and security agencies exempted from data breach rules in draft bill
Where? Virgina
What budget provisions are boosting data security? Governor McAuliffe says the state’s budget will include education investments for cybersecurity, including:
New York Legislature, at the behest of its Attorney General, is strengthening its data security laws.
Assembly Bill 6866 adds new data to protection requirements and increases penalties.
This bill creates these standards that establish compliance with the law for businesses:
New York Legislature is considering stronger data security laws which would:
Moody’s is warning that its ratings analysis will include cybersecurity.
Moody’s big picutre cybsersecurity:
Moody’s specific analysis will include:
Why does this matter to Texas? Every state entity and local governmental entity that issues bonds will be impacted.
VTech, a manufacturer of electronic educational gadgets for kids, has been hacked.
Hackers took:
Remedies:
Motherboard | Hacker Obtained Children’s Headshots and Chatlogs From Toymaker…
Congress is working to secure the nation’s power grid because the power grid is facing a major cyberattack because:
The IRS is asking a D.C. federal judge to bar a suit against one of its data breaches on the grounds that the IRS is immune from suit.
Lexis Nexis Legal Room | IRS Says Data Breach Suit Barred By Sovereign Immunity
Anthem Inc. responded to a class action lawsuit concerning a data breach affecting 80 million by focusing on the 1 hot botton issue legislatures and regulators are focusing on:
whether the person whose personal information was hacked suffered any actual damages
Why is this response from Anthem important? Because courts, legislatures, and regulators have come down on all sides of whether actual damages is required in a data breach suit.
Anthem also provided all 80 million customers with 2…