Welcome to the Future!
State: Maine
The legislation: LD 946 (2019 | ME)
What does Maine’s LD 946 do?
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
The legislation: Congress’ Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act (ALERTS Act)
The government disclosure requirement:
A loot box is an incentive for gamers that “give users a nominal advantage for a fee or loot boxes which allow users to essentially play a slot machine for gaining rare or important items
What’s wrong with this? Gateway drug for gambling
Who is first out of the gate with legislation? US Senator Hawley (MO)
Senator Hawley | Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Legislation on Pay-to-Win and Loot Boxes
Where: Arkansas
The legislation: Senate Bill 632 (2019 | AR)
What does SB632 do?
Active Cyber Defense uses private sector cyber bounty hunters and hackers to protect critical infrastructure.
Who is behind this concept?
How would this private sector system work? the private sector hackser would be deputized “certified active defenders” to assist…
The U.S. Cybersecurity Solarium Commission is taking inspiration from the 1950s era commission that studying nuclear strategy.
The 14 member Cybersecurity Solarium Commission will be comprised of:
Strategies to develop:
What additional information is protected:
Can notice be given to a consumer electronically? Yes, unless it was the account that was breached
The bill: A-3245 (2019 | NJ)
National Law Review | New Jersey’s Data Breach Notification Amendment Signed into Law
The legislation: HB 904 (2019 | NC)
How does it impact businesses: Creates a duty on businesses to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices
Notification time frame: 15 days
Free credit freezes, thaws and monitoring? yes, yes and yes
Consent: Requires consent to access a consumers credit report
What do they say to legislators? Trust US
What do they say to consumers? We won’t misues your data, AKA trust us
What are they saying to investors? There won’t be any regulations, trust us, returns will be great still
Where is this proposal progressing? California
What is the proposed fee/tax? Data Dividend to be paid by businesses that hold.sell,track, sell data
The messaging: “We trade it away for so much of our experience on the internet. Money from a data tax could begin to counter this trade imbalance.”