Category Archives: business trend

Lege TREND. State Cyber Law Enforcement and Protections. Anatomy of a Bill + Benefits to Cities.

HB 747 (2018 | OH) will estalish the Ohio Cyber Reserve to protect Ohioans from cyber terrorists.

Authors tout that the Reserve will also help cities with cyber inititatives.

How many aspects of cybersecurity will the reserve have its fingers in?

  • election security
  • local governments
  • critical infrastructure
  • businesses

Like the national guard, the reserve will act by Governor action.

Fox 8 | Ohio House passes bill to establish cybersecurity team

Government Technology | Ohio House Passes…

Legal & Lege TREND. Employer Liability. Employee Data.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that employers have a duty to protect employees from cyberattacks by setting:

  • Employer Duty: “a legal duty to exercise reasonable care to safeguard”
  • Remedy: a recovery for negligent behavior under the economic loss doctrine

Dittman v. UPMC, 2018 Pa. LEXIS 6051 (Pa. Nov. 21, 2018)

White & Williams | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Employers Have Duty to Protect Employee Data from Cyberattacks 

Regulatory TREND. Accept Bitcoin for TAX PAYMENTS. 3 takeaways from Ohio

  • Ohio is the 1st state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
  • On OhioCrypto.com 23 Ohio taxes can be paid via bitcoin
  • Bitcoin tax payments will be limited to Businesses
    • After a successful pilot with businesses, then the bitcoin tax payments will open for individual OH taxpayers

Crypto Currency News | Ohio Accepts Bitcoin for Tax Payments: A Much-Needed Silver Lining. 

Business TREND. Large Tech Company 6 Points to Any Data Privacy Bill. Tech Company Drafts Model Privacy Bill

Intel has drafted model data privacy bill that includes these 6 points:

  •  comprehensive, technology neutral and support the free flow of data
  •  risk-based accountability approaches
  • Automated decision-making should be fostered while augmenting it with safeguards
  • promote access to data, supporting the creation of reliable datasets available to all, fostering incentives for data sharing, and promoting cultural diversity
  • Funding research in security
  • Algorithms can help detect unintended…

Lege TREND. Regulating Data Brokers without Impacting Small Businesses. 2 Key Points.

  • 2018 Vermont became the 1st state in the nation to regulate data brokers.
  • Unintended consequences on small businesses is unknown, especially as it relates to small businesses that:
    • rely on technology platforms to reach rural customers
    • rely on cloud based storage

Vermont Digger | Christopher Minott: Protect small businesses from overly aggressive tech policy

Refreshing our Recollection | 5 States. 5 Data Protection Bills. Health Care. Retailers. Notifications.

The Hill | States are leading…

Refreshing our Recollection | 3 Elements to Bitcoin Regulation

  • Caution: Conflicts of Interest.  Virtual asset trading platforms often engage in several lines of business that would be restricted or carefully monitored in a traditional trading environment.
  • Account for Abusive Trading Behavior
  • Consumer Protetctions needed

 

NY Attorney General | Virtual Markets Integrity Investigation 

Refreshing Our Recollection | Lege TREND | Blockchain Protections for Business. 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.

Refreshing Our Recollection | Lege TREND | Liability Protection + 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,”…

What do I need to know about the Legal, State Law & Federal Law Fight over Net Neutrality?

State law: California which passed the strongest net nuetrality law has agreed to put its regulations on hold while the legal fights and federal regulations are revisited

The DOJ & internet service provider trade associations lawsuit against California: Also put on hold

What are they waiting to play out? 

  • February 2019 lawsuit filed by  20 states’ attorneys general along with public interest groups and private businesses filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission when it…