Protecting the personal privacy of citizens is trending. Wyoming is considering legislation that will:
- Limit the amount of information the state can collect
- Prohibit the sale of information to third parties [Wyoming Public Media]
Category Archives: data privacy
40 Merchant Groups Urge Action on Data Security
Data Security is a concern for businesses large and small. These associations are urging fair reform that doesn’t overburden businesses, large or small:
Alabama Grocers Association
American Hotel and Lodging Association
California Retailers Association
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Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association Food Marketing Institute
Georgia Association of Convenience Stores
Illinois Retail Merchants…
Refreshing Recollection: Abbott Data Privacy Plan
Back in 2013, gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott released his “We the People Plan” focusing on privacy. He’s concerned about data security, specifically:
- The sale or resale of Texans’ data by state agencies
- Extending the prohibitions against re-identification of de-identified data to non-medical data [Greg Abbott’s We the People Plan]
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Data Security Litigation: Tort Reform
The 2014 Home Depot data breach litigation has raised the very tort issues that data breach legislation addresses- venue and consolidation. Whenever there are a lot of injuured parties, spread out throughout a state or country these issues arise.
Data security breaches are the new pharmaceutical class action. [National Law Review]
State Student Data Protection Laws and Regulations in 2014
36 states considered 110 bills related to student data protection and privacy in 2014. The usual and obvious bills to ban collecting and/or storing student data were filed. And more nuanced bills were fild such as those which granted State Baords of Education privacy powers to protect student data.
Need some pictures to show what was considered throughout the country? Check out the Data Quality Campaign. [
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Schools have been tracking students to make them safer and more efficicent. The more data that is collected, the more information there is that can be fruitful to the nefarious hackers. This year Florida became the first state to ban the collection of biometric identifiers from students. In 2014, 36 states considersidered 110 bills on protecting data security of students. What type of student data protections are we seeing? The phrase “if any” is giving lawsyers fodder with California’s new data security law. The issue is whether “if any” means credit monitoring must be offered or may be offered. As always, drafting matters. Read carefully. Consider propositions, conjunctions, and the placement of commas. It matters. [National Law Review] There’s a national talent deficit in cybersecurity personnel. Its also hard to hire the necessary talent when the talent can fiscally fare far better in the private sector. [The Fiscal Times] Early this year privacy advocates had a win when ICE retracted its planned policy to allow access to a national law enforcement license-plate tracking system. Local ICE offices didn’t like this. So, they started buying access to a private company’s vehcile registration database. Houston ICE office is noted as buying the private company’s vehicle database. On going criminal investigations, where constitutional protections apply, are one thing, but open access to a private co… A New Jersey data security bill is called best practices for businesses and government, but also increases the costs of government and of doing business. The bill would require notification for more data breaches. Like most states notification in New Jersey was required for traditional indentify fraud issues- like when a name and social security number are released. The new legidslation requires disclosure of a breach if usernames and email addresses, in combination with a…Data Security Quagmire: Public School Student Data
California Expanded New Data Security Law: Credit Monitoring Required?
Texas Lost its Data Information Officer, So Did 3 Other States
Houston ICE Office License Plate Database Access Violates ICE Policy
NJ Data Security Bill Cruising Along. Cost of Business Going Up.