Category Archives: biometrics

Local TREND. It's Official. City Bans Facial Recognition

Where: San Francisco

What else does the ban on facial recognition tech by municipal entities and local law enforcement do ? 

  • requires disclosure of surveillance technology they currently use
  • requires approval from the Board of Supervisors on any new technology that either collects or stores someone’s data

What are supporters saying?

  • “This is really about saying we can have security without being a security state.”
  • “We can have good policing without being a police state.”

2 More cities set…

Lege TREND. Facial Recognition Software & Public Education.

State : New York

Legislation: AB 6787 (2019 | NY)

What does this bill do? 

  • Prohibit schools from using biometric software for 1 year
  • Study the use and safety of biometric identifying software
  • Make recommendations for the use of biometric software to further school safety

Lockport Union Sun Journal | Bill calls for study of facial recognition systems in schools 

Lege TREND. Tech Rich State. Yes to Data Breach Bill. No to Data Privacy Bill.

State: Washington

The bills that succeeded: HB 1071 (2019 | WA)

What does the data breach bill do?

  • 30 days to notify the state Attorney General and consumers (down from the current 45 days)
  • What information triggers a breach notification?
    • Social Security numbers
    • driver’s license numbers
    • state ID numbers
    • financial account information
    • full birth dates
    • health insurance ID numbers
    • medical histories
    • student ID numbers
    • military ID numbers
    • passport ID numbers
    • username-password…

Local TREND. City Seeks to Ban Facial Recognition Software.

The city: San Francisco

The proposal: 

  • new regulations on the city’s process for acquiring surveillance equipment
  •  total ban on municipal use of facial recognition software

How many other cities have done this? none

Opponents: law enforcement

The policy goal: ““The propensity for facial recognition technology to endanger civil rights and civil liberties substantially outweighs its purported benefits,”

Government Technology | Will San Francisco Ban Facial Recognition Technology?

Regulatory TREND.Biometric Security Oversight Commissions. Forward Thinking Procurement Opportunities.

Where: Australia

What group is recommending a Biometric Security Oversight Commission? The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement

In its report  the joint committee found that:

  • need to protect biometric data collected and shared among law enforcement agencies
  • increase IoT security awareness
  • review of biometric and persoinal information security legislation to keep it up to date,
  • consider hybrid storage facilities
  • consider advanced techniques like  artificial intelligence for…

Lege TREND. + 1 Expansion of what triggers notification on a data breach

D.C. Attorney General new proposal  would add the following to the list of information that would trigger notification in a data breach:

  • passport numbers
  • military IDs
  • biometric data
  • health information
  • taxpayer identification numbers
  • health insurance info
  • genetic information
  • DNA profiles

Security Week | D.C. Attorney General Introduces New Data Security Bill 

Regulatory TREND. Security Gaps in Medical Equipment

New data breach lingo: The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

Why does this matter? Health care data breaches are thepriciest at $08 per record

What’s the latest breach of medical devices? ultasound equipment that can be hacked and have images swppaed by hackers

Dark Reading | Ultrasound Machine Diagnosed with Major Security Gaps

Politico | Why 2020 contenders need to worry about hackers now 

3 Reasons States Should Act on Cybersecurity Standards

  • Timely. All 6 US Senators running for President in 2020 are cosponsors of cybsercurity legislation
  • History of federal Action. Standardizing cybersecurity practices at the federal level is difficult
  • Agency infighting  is creating disparate standards
  • State Success. State leaders have pushed legislative success to protect its citizens like:
    • TX, IL, WA and MA protecting biometric data
    • OH liability protection law
    • CA version of GDPR

The Hill | Why states should push forward with cyber laws

Anatomy of a Bill. State Data Analytics Center. From XRays to Blood Specimens to help Legislators & Universities

Georgia’s House Bill 197 (GA | 2019)  would create:

  • a statewide data analytics center — the Georgia Data Analytic Center — under the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget
  • is in repsonse to Experian data breach
  • aggregate data from all constituent services would be available to lawmakers, state agencies, academic institutions and public and private researchers.

Rome News Tribune | Legislation creating Georgia Data Analytics Center clears Crossover Day hurdle

Lege TREND. Cleaning Up a Data Privacy Bill in the Golden State. 2 Lessons.

California is revising its first in the nation data protection bill by:

  • include passport and government ID numbers as data that trigger notification after a data breach
  • include biometric data, fingerprints, and iris and facial recognition scans, as data that trigger notification after a data breach

Tech Crunch | California to close data breach notification loopholes under new law

AB 1130 (CA | 2019)