Category Archives: data privacy

Lege Trend. An internet bill of rights? Hello all tech & telecom: this one is for you. Marketing and data limits.

Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do?

  • Keeping your “browsing history” private
    • ​Except: fraud or potential crimes  
  • Full disclosure when being monitored, and the right to opt out
  • Preserving the privacy of your social media accounts.
  • Ownership of your personal, digital content
  • Notification of injurious data breaches
  • Fair play on social media platforms and/or internet providers
  • Protecting children on social media

    • …

1st State. Data Broker Regulation Bill. 4 Takeaways + 4 Talking Points + 4 Stakeholders

Vermont’s H.764 (2017-2018 | VT)  creates the first data broker regulations that will:

  • eliminates costs on credit freezes & thaws
  • establishes a registry and security standards for 3rd party ‘data broker’ industry
  • clarifies data security requirements for commercial entities
  • criminalizes acquiring data for fraudulent purposes, including harassment & discrimination

 

Talking Points for H764 which will give Vermont residents:

  • greater privacy
  • saves them money
  • gives them information and tools…

3 Reasons for Veto of Data Security Bill that Tech Companies Opposed. 4 Steps to a Successful Bill in Veto Statement.

Georgia Governor Deal vetoed  SB315 (2018 | GA)  because:

  • the bill could undermined national security
  •  harmed private businesses’ efforts to stop hackers
  • Georgia needs more discussion on this bill

A future data security bill should:

  • develop a comprehensive policy
  • promoting national security
  • protecting online information
  • continuing to advance Georgia’s position as a leader in the technology industry

Veto Statement on SB 315 May 8, 2018 Georgia Governor Deal

Politically Georgia | Computer…

3 Reasons Tech Companies Want a Data Security Bill Vetoed in the Cherokee Rose State

A group of tech companies, including:

  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • + 50 academics, researchers, cybersecurity experts and technologists

are asking Georgia Governor Deal to veto a bill that makes unauthorized cyber access a crime punishable with up to 1 year in jail because the bill will:

  • chill security research
  • harm the state’s cybersecurity industry
  • Why is that a big deal? Because the bill for the first time would “create new liabilities for security researchers who identify and disclose weaknesses…

Lege Trend. 4 Pieces of Personal Information a Lawmaker wants Protected from State Disclosure in the Bluebonnet State

State: Texas

The pieces of information that State Representative Giovanni Capriglione wants to prohibit from being sold by the State of Texas:

  • A person’s precise geographic location
  • A person’s internet browsing history
  • A person’s application usage history
  • Teh functional equivalent of this information

What information is the State of Texas selling?

  • Voting records
  • Driver’s records

Houston Chronicle | Facebook may not sell the data it collects, but the state of Texas sure does

Business TREND. New Data Security Business Coalition.

Members of  “Reform Government Surveillance”: Apple, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Twitter

6 Plank Agenda:

  • limiting government authority to collect user information
  • enhancing government oversight
  • promoting transparency about government demands for data
  • preventing hurdles for sharing information
  • ensuring cooperation between nations’ governments
  • encryption. opposing any government required engineered vulnerailities in technology

Politico | SURVEILLANCE COALITION INCLUDES NEW AGENDA ITEM

Data Security Issues at the Conference of Western Attorneys General. 5 Topics. 2 Enacted Laws

Conference of Western Attorneys General will be discussing the following data security issues this year:

  • data privacy, cybersecurity, and digital piracy
  • breach notification
  • the European Union’s data protection regulations
  • national security & cybersecurity intersection
  • FinTech

Enacted Laws to be highlighted:

  • Arizona’s Regulatory Sandbox Program, signed into law by Governor Doug Ducey on March 22, 2018
  • Arizona House Bill 2154 into law on April 11, 2018 that prioritize data privacy in…

Lege TREND. Quick Read the The Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions (CONSENT) Act.

The Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider Network Transgressions (CONSENT) Act. S2639 (2018) will:

  • require edge providers (Facebook and Google)
  • obtain opt-in consent from users before using, sharing  or selling their information
  • require reasonable data security practices from edge providers
  • require notifcation to users about all collection, use, and sharing of users’ personal information, and to inform users of a data breach
  • clarifies that enforcement authority trests…