Category Archives: law enforcement

Local TREND. It's Official. City Bans Facial Recognition

Where: San Francisco

What else does the ban on facial recognition tech by municipal entities and local law enforcement do ? 

  • requires disclosure of surveillance technology they currently use
  • requires approval from the Board of Supervisors on any new technology that either collects or stores someone’s data

What are supporters saying?

  • “This is really about saying we can have security without being a security state.”
  • “We can have good policing without being a police state.”

2 More cities set…

Local TREND. City Seeks to Ban Facial Recognition Software.

The city: San Francisco

The proposal: 

  • new regulations on the city’s process for acquiring surveillance equipment
  •  total ban on municipal use of facial recognition software

How many other cities have done this? none

Opponents: law enforcement

The policy goal: ““The propensity for facial recognition technology to endanger civil rights and civil liberties substantially outweighs its purported benefits,”

Government Technology | Will San Francisco Ban Facial Recognition Technology?

Regulatory TREND.Biometric Security Oversight Commissions. Forward Thinking Procurement Opportunities.

Where: Australia

What group is recommending a Biometric Security Oversight Commission? The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement

In its report  the joint committee found that:

  • need to protect biometric data collected and shared among law enforcement agencies
  • increase IoT security awareness
  • review of biometric and persoinal information security legislation to keep it up to date,
  • consider hybrid storage facilities
  • consider advanced techniques like  artificial intelligence for…

Lege TREND. Cybersecurity legislation for state 911 systems.

Maryland HB 397 (2019 | MD) would increase telecom fees to harden the state 911 system.

Why the legislation? the Maryland 911 system has overloaded and resulted in death of injured residents

Why is data security an issue with 911?

  • to conenct to cell phones and via text message, it exposes 911 systems to the internet
  • 337 successful attacks (on public safety networks) across 49 states and DC in the past 24 months
    • 186 %increase over the previous 24 months

Baltimore Sun | Modern 9-1-1 system…

Lege TREND. Public Private Cyber WorkForce Exchange

WHAT: Cyber Security Exchange Act,”

Bipartisan? Yes, Senators Thune (R) & Klobuchar (D)

How does the Cyber security Exchange work?

  • create an exchange program between the federal government and private firms
  • to bring more cybersecurity expertise to the federal workforce
  • The program would allow for a 2 year tours of duty with the federal government

 

The Hill | Bipartisan bill would create public-private cyber workforce exchange

3 Ways States Benefit from a State Data Officer.

 

  • data helps create more efficient permitting processes
    • CT allows local governments to get occupational licensing data directly form the state
  • overdose data helps first responders and hospitals prepare for epidemics
  • Prevent fraud 
    • IN adopted its Indiana’s Management and Performance Hub to “integrate” data from several agencies to build custom analytics solutions.” Its addressing issues from car crashes and infant mortality to Medicaid optimization.
    • TX shared data across agencies…

Legal TREND. Cities Suing Tech Companies Over Location Data Gathering.

Los Angeles City Attorney filed suit against the Weather Channel App for not properly disclosing that the app retains user location data.

Where would I see this in legislation? in fraud, deceptive trade practices, competititve practices, cybersecurity bills that protect geolocation

Engadget | LA sues Weather Channel app owner over ‘fraudulent’ data use

Lege TREND. Experts speak. What should an ideal data security law look like? 9 quick points

According to lawyers wirting in the Harvard Business Review, a data security regulatory system should:

  • focusing more on systemic ways to address cyber threat
  • not treat businesses punitively 
  • require the federal government to take a more active role in cyber defense
  • require the federal government to share cybersecuity knowledge with the private sector
  • require agencies to “issue pragmatic, cost-effective operational guidance to companies on how to defend against evolving risks”
  • incentivizing…

Lege TREND. Anatomy of a Public Private Hacking Cooperation Bill.

Is this bipartisan? Yes, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

What’s the bill called? The Public-Private Cybersecurity Cooperation Act

What would it do?  Creates a vulnerability disclosure program, crafted by the Department of Homeland Securty,  to allow hackers to report problems to the proper authorities without being prosecuted 

S3707 (115th Congress)

NextGov | Senators Introduce Bill to Let Hackers Reports Bugs to DHS