Welcome to the Future!
Who is touting new legislative approach to cyberstalking? Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
What does her bill do?
SC Magazine | SXSW: Dem. lawmaker plans to introduce online harassment legislation
Which governmetnal entity is seeking contractors for data security? Department of Defense
What is the data security objective? $600 million in computer system for background checks
Can similar procument opportunities present itself in Texas? Absolutely, keep your eyes open and subscribed to informedintel.com
Reuters | Pentagon to tap private industry for background check IT system
Drug Delivery Systems data is a new target and concern for data security.
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry | The Data Revolution Comes to Drug Delivery
The question for Texas, does holding business data hostage constitute a crime?
Where did data get held hostage? In California
How was the data held hostage? “malicious “ransomware” application to encrypt data on the hospital’s computer system, demanding payment in exchange for a decryption key”
What type of business? Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center patient input information
What did the hackers want? $17,000 worth of bitcoin was paid to retrieve an encryption…
How much data has been gathered by license plate readers in Texas? Estimated 10 million license plate pictures, with locations, collected by month.
What can be done with this stored license plate information? It can track the location of a vehicle by plotting its sightings by day and time
What’s happening on this legislatively?
What data is being collected and sold by electronic devices? Smart televisions gather information about viewing habits and that data is sold to third parties .
Do owners of smart tvs know or have they consented to the data collection? According to a series of law suits, no, owners neitehr know of the data collection nor consent to it.
WFAA | Vizio’s smart TVs are snitches, lawsuit alleges
What class action is progressing? The suit involving the Anthem Inc. health breach that affected 97 million.
What did the judge do that allowed the class action to move forward? Rejected Anthem’s argument that a data breach is not a recognizeable injury
What does this mean? Courts have split on whether a data breach, with no proof that the stolen data has been used to cause a harm, is enough of an injury to satisfy a lawsuit. The California Judge’s order says it is enough of an injury…
Which Attorney General office analyzed state data security breaches? California
What is the most popular data to breach?
What recommendations to policymakers emerged?
Providing mechanisms to address a decedent’s online presence is a growing trend.
This sounds rather nerdy, why is it important to a corporate client? Because the state may tell your client what it can and cannot do with customer data.
So, what state is now wading into this territory? Wyoming
What could happen with data at death?