Category Archives: 2019 legislative issue

Lege Trend. An internet bill of rights? Hello all tech & telecom: this one is for you. Marketing and data limits.

Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do?

  • Keeping your “browsing history” private
    • ​Except: fraud or potential crimes  
  • Full disclosure when being monitored, and the right to opt out
  • Preserving the privacy of your social media accounts.
  • Ownership of your personal, digital content
  • Notification of injurious data breaches
  • Fair play on social media platforms and/or internet providers
  • Protecting children on social media

    • …

Lege TREND. +1 State Blockchain Bill. Business Transactions. Contracting Procurement Changes. Read the Bill.

Ohio’s  SB 220 (2018 | OH), signed by the Governor, will establish these blockchain standards:

  • blockchain transactions are legitimized as enforceable electronic transactions
  • applies to electronic records using blockchain
  • applies to electornic signatures using blockchain
  • amends the definition of “electronic record” to include blockchain
  • amends the definition of “electronic signature” to include blockchain

SB 220 would apply to state contracting and state procurement.

 

Lege Trend. Liability Protection for Business Investment in Data Security. Read the Bill

Ohio’s  SB 220 (2018 | OH)

If a business’ cybersecurity procedures reasonably conform to any of these:

(a) The security requirements of the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” as set forth in 45 CFR Part 164 Subpart C;

(b) Title V of the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999,” Public Law 106-102, as amended;
(c) The “Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014,” Public Law 113-283;
(d) The “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act,”…

1st Election Security Conference in the US. Where. Who. What. How to Pay for Election Cybersecurity.

Location: West Virginia

Invitees: 55 election clerks representing all counties in West Virginia

Speakers training West Virginia Election Clerks: WV Secretary of State & the Department of Homeland Security

Topic: Cyber security of elections and how to pay for election cybersecurity, which is mostly federal funds

WBOY | WV is the nation’s first state to host the ‘Election Security Conferece’ 

 

Regulatory TREND. 10 Requirements for a Initial Coin Offering in NJ

New Jersey Financial Services Commission has 10 requirements for Jersey ICO issuers:

  • Be incorporated as a Jersey company.
  • Receive consent under the COBO from JFSC before any action is taken (the consent process is detailed further in the Guidance Note).
  • Comply with JFSC’s Sound Business Practice Policy.
  • Apply relevant anti-money laundering and other such requirements to ICO purchasers.
  • Appoint and maintain a trust company business (“TCSP”).
  • Appoint and maintain a Jersey resident director.

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Lege TREND. Anatomy of an Election Data Security Veto

State: Illinois

Vetoed legislation: SB 2273 (IL | 2018)  limiting Illinois to participating in 1 interstate voter database system

3 Reasons given for the veto:

  • combat voter fraud by “participation in programs that allow cross-referencing voter information from various states to identify where individuals are and are not eligible to vote”
  • limiting Illinois to one voter fraud program creates inefficiencies and gaps in knowledge
  • limiting the number of the programs for IL to use is not the…

Regulatory TREND. 5 Activities Requiring BITLICENSE in NY

NY Department of Financial Services requires a bitLicense for any of the following acitivities:

  • Virtual currency transmission
  • Storing, holding, or maintaining custody or control of virtual currency on behalf of others
  • Buying and selling virtual currency as a customer business
  • Performing exchange services as a customer business
  • Controlling, administering, or issuing a virtual currency
     

BitLegal | The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), grants a virtual currency (VC) license…

+1 State Legislature Passes Blockchain Legislation. 2 Points to the Legislation to Pave a Way for Blockcahin transactions.

Ohio Legislature passed SB220 (2018 | OH)  which addess blockahin by adding to the definition of electronic transactions.

The new definition of “electronic record”  & “electronic signature” to  include blockchain-based transactions.

Cleveland | Ohio legislature passes blockchain legislation