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2017. The Feds Have Weakened Student Data Privacy. Here's what groups want the states to do:

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC.org) wants states to pass bills that:

No Targeted Ads. prohibit K-12 mobile and online service operators from using student information to target advertisements to students;
No Profiling Students. prohibit online service providers from creating K-12 student profiles for commercial purposes;
No Selling Info. forbid companies from selling student information;
All Students (K-16) extend protection to all students, including college…

TREND. Data Security. Political Campaigns. 3 Points Informed Intel about Campaign Internal Controls.

The Democratic National Committee this week announced a new cybersecurity advisory board.

The intel to keep you informed about the future of campaigns and data security:

Created by new DNC Chair Donna Brazille
Composed of security experts, including:
- National Security. Rand Beers, former Department of Homeland Security acting secretary
- Lawyer. Nicole Wong, former deputy chief technology officer of the U.S. and a former technology lawyer for Google and Twitter
- Tech…

3 Reasons Hackers Target Health Care Data.

What type of healthcare data? Medical records and wearable data from heart monitors to implanted devices to fitbits

What is crucial about protecting health care data? It must be protected as the information moves from device to cloud storage to medical records end point at a physician or hospital

What makes health records more valuable?

Unlike financial information, health data or changes to social security numbers are not quickly identifiable
The release of health records includes…

INTERIM. TREND. Data Security. Businesses. 3 Regulatory Points from a Texas White Hat Hacker.

Why are businesses not securing all online information? Its profitable to not secure the data. The penalties for not securing data are not impactful.

What legislation or regulatory reform is crucial? Not government specifics on security but rather strong enforcement and meaningful fines from regulatory enforcement.

What’s the future in hacking? Its not buying and selling information, but rather modification of the data that is out there already.

Business insider | A security expert…

Fantasy Sports Facing Data Security Questions

What data security issues are being bandied about against Fantasy Sports?

Communicating with consumers requesting personal information without the use of encryption
Asking customers to send sensitive information, such as Social Security Numbers, and credit card images, via unencrypted email

Is ther an investigation? A complaint filed with the FTC

Daily Dashboard | Daily fantasy sports sites face data security questions

Technology Saves Life. Humans Win.

A Tesla self driving car drove its owner to a hospital.

Tech Crunch | Autopilot in Tesla Model X helps driver get safely to a hospital

3 Issues for Legislators and Regulators. Data Security Class Actions.

Cyber Insurance policies are still new and prone to litigation.
Companies should vet all public statements through lawyers
2 federal Circuits have loosened up when a suit can continue. Its not as easy to get these cases kicked out of the courtroom.

Texas Lawyer | 3 Things GCs Should Know About Data Privacy Class Actions