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Lege TREND. Internet Service Provider Privacy Requirements. +1 State.

State: Maine

The legislation: LD 946 (2019 | ME)

What does Maine’s LD 946 do?

applies only to internet service providers
requires ISPS to get express consent from customers before the customer’s data or information can be sold, disclosed or accessed

What do opponents say? The bill does not go far enough because many other companies like Google and Facebook collect mountains of data that should also be protected.

Central Maine | Maine Compass: Privacy bill doesn’t go far enough

Regulatory TREND. What do I need to know about Active Cyber Defense?

Active Cyber Defense uses private sector cyber bounty hunters and hackers to protect critical infrastructure.

Who is behind this concept?

An Atlantic Council report,
by, Frank Kramer, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs for the Clinton administration
and by, Bob Butler, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Cyber in the Obama administration

How would this private sector system work? the private sector hackser would be deputized “certified active defenders” to assist…

Lege TREND. 3 Ways Tech Companies Lobbying Against Data Privacy laws

Carving out exceptions to the California Consumer Privacy Act
- The message: “addressing workability issues from a business compliance standpoint, to strengthening the law from a consumer and privacy protection standpoint”
Coalition of business entities including:
- Internet Association
- TechNet
- Consumer Technology Association
- Chamber of Commerce
- Large Tech Companies
- Wireless Association,
Plausible Deniability
- Tech Companies and associations are not attending technical…

Lege TREND. Require Internet Service Providers to Ask Customer Permission to Sell Data

Where: Maine

The legislation: LD 946 (2019 | ME)

What would this bill do? Require Internet Service Provers to get Customers to OPT IN to sell cusotmer data

Government Technology | Maine Bill Would Force ISPs to Ask to Sell Customer Data

Business TREND. Industry Calls for First Amendment Rules with Data Privacy Rules.

Who: Facebook

What does Facebook want? It wants to know the rules of the game for political speech and the Constitution

Why? The government rather than a private comapny, like facebook shuld detemrine constitutional limitations

Variety | Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Says ‘We Need New Rules’ Regulating Political Speech

State Subsidizing Last Mile Rural Broadband. the legislation:

Vermont is subsidizing “last mile” for broadband access in rural areas that will:

create a revolving loan fund
provide access to fiber lines
allowing towns to use general obligation bonds to finance similar projects

US News and World Report | In Vermont, High-Speed Internet for All Gets More Likely

Lege TREND. Requiring Warrants for Mobile Phone Data.

Utah’s HB 57 (UT | 2019) would require a warrant before police can access data shared with an app or third party, like cloud storage.

Supporters say:

Applies the rules to paper to the digital world. If it was on paper, would a warrant be required should be the standard.
Based on language in a constitutional amendment to protect digital privacy passed in Missouri in 2014.

Salt Lake Tribune | A Utah lawmaker is pushing a digital privacy bill that would bar warrantless searches of data…

Lege TREND. Fake Constituent Written Suport.

The allegations of fake constitutent support:

Comments to the FCC over net nuetrality rules
Of 20 million comments, almost 50% were provided without consent

The investigations:

FBI issuing subpoenas
New York Attorney General with support of Attorneys General of Massachusettes and the District of Columbia

Targets of the subpoenas:

14 organizations
11 of which are either politically conservative or related to the telecommunications industry and opposed net neutrality, and three of which…

Liability Issue. Lege Trend. Internet of Things.

How do consumers hold manufacturers of internet of things products, like a connected refrigerator, liable for a data theft or property damage from a hack?

That is part of what California’s SB 327 (2018 | CA) seeks to clarify to protect consumers.

CNN Wire | WE NEED STRONGER CYBERSECURITY LAWS FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS

Refreshing our Recollection | Internet Bill of Rights | Hello, Telecom: Hint, Hint: This is where the left & right meet.

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
P…