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Does this sound familiar? A state entity sends unecrypted names and social security numbers? Yes, much like the Texas Comptroller incident, a Pension system in Arizona sent unecrypted filed in regular mail to a third party provider.
The third party provider never received the unecrypted disks. Now, the state is spending $300,000 to provide indentity protection for the affected retirees. [News 4 Tu…
Lots of nobel bills become studies and reports when the opposition is vocal. For the last years, the Attorney General of California has released data breach reports.
In 2013, there were 167 breaches reported to the California Attorney General, exposing data of 18.5 Million Californians.
The California Attorney General also makes the following recommendations:
For the health care industry:
– Use strong encryption to protect medical info…
News reports allege that Staples had a data breach. There’s a long list of retailers that have endured a data breach.
Forbes discusses the role personal repsonsibility has in data breach corrections. Legislating personal responsibility is challenging. The modus operandi of the Legislature is putting into place new regulations on retailers, banks and/or creating new civil or criminal penalties. [Forbes]<...
All federal debit and credit cards will require PIN and chip technology. President Obama required the data security measures by issuing an executive order. The Order is heralded by the National Retailers Federation. [Roll Call]
Posted in2015 legislation, banking, data encryption, data privacy, legal trend, legislative trend, retail data breach
Privacy is a hot issue. Citizens want privacy. The government wants to be free to peruse your electronic information. It’s causing a bone of contention between the U.S. government and big technology companies like Apple and Google that seek to protect and encrypt customer data. The FBI Chief is warning Silicon Valley that they are doing too much to protect privacy. He wants Congress to act to allow the government to intercept more electronic information. That should be popular with… Protecting your data security has many levels. One is personal responsibility, which is Snapchat’s point. Unusual PR choice of Snapchat to blame its own users. But, exercising personal responsibility to protect your personal data is smart. Don’t worry the good men and women of Texas government will come to your aid during 2015 with legislation to protect individuals and businesses, increase criminal penalties and create new causes of action.
Posted indata encryption, data privacy, legislative trend
Digital health is big business. But, protecting digital health records doesn’t get the same attention as data breaches at retail establishments. We should be paying more attention to the security of our digital health records. [Washington Post: WonkBlog]FBI Chief: Pendulum of Privacy Has Swung Too Far
Snapchat: It’s Your Fault Your Snaps Got Hacked
Digital Health: New Hacker Fronteir
Data Security Meet National Security
Remember the Patriot Act? Usually you heard Patriot Act with the phrase “our civil liberties are being trampled.” Libertarian leaning Silicon Valley came to the rescue of people wanting greater data security for their smart phones. Good for consumers; bad for the FBI. The FBI likes knowing it could get warrantless access to your data. [WallStreet Journal]