Category Archives: legislative trend

Lege Trend. 1st in nation Criminal Case Database Run by a State + Local Governments Beating this TREND.

State: Florida

The bill: HB 7071 (2018)

What would this database do?

  • store searchable, anonymized data about individual defendants
  • includes ethnicities
  • includes details of plea agreements
  • county-level data about the daily number of people being held in a given jail pre-trial
  • annual misdemeanor caseload at each court

How is this trend progressing?

  • local governments like counties in California have created their own criminal case databases

WIRED | FLORIDA COULD START A CRIMINAL-JUSTICE…

Lege Trend. Gov Signs Post Equifax Bill in the Goldenrod State. 3 Key Elements of the Bill.

State: Nebraska

Nebraska’s 2018 post-Equifax reform bill: Legislative Bill 757 (2018)

What does Nebraska’s LB 757 do?

  • requires reasonable security and disposal procedures and practices for all entities possessing data
  • non-affiliated 3rd parties also have to maintain reasonable security and disposal procedures for data
  • free credit freezes and free credit thaws

3 Points. Final EQUIFAX Response Bills in the American Pasque Flower State. LEGE TREND.

State: South Dakota

The South Dakota post-Equifax data breach bills: House Bill 1078 & House Bill 1127 

What did House Bill 1078  do? Freezes remain in place until the consumer requests otherwise & must be lifted within 3 days of a request

What did House Bill 1127  do? Cost free credit report freezing & un-freezing (thawing)

4 Takeaways of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act

State: New York

Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act: NY Senate Bill S6933A (2018)

What do I need to know to sound like I know about the SHIELD Act?

  • it covers both disclosure of hacks & securing information
  • for businesses it uses the increasingly common standard of :”“reasonable safe-guards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity” of private information.”
  • The carrot: no new causes of action are created
  • The stick: violations fall under the Deceptive Trade…

FBI Clears Data Researcher that Found 6.7 Million Voter Files. Cherokee Rose State Bill Criminalizes Data Researcher's Research.

Background: A data security researcher at a public university in Georgia discovered the personal information of 6.7 million Georgia voters unprotected online. 

The legislative Response: Gerogia’s SB 315 (2018) 

What is the legislative goal? Prevent computer snooping by requiring permission at the outset before seeking unprotecting data maintained by a government or business

What does the tech community say? Fix this bill by only criminalizing computer snooping with maiclious intent

Atlanta…

3 TakeAways. Education Vendors + Data Security = The Bill that Set Public Education Contract Policy in the Mountain Laurel State

State: Connecticut

The Data Security for Education Contracts Bill: 2016’s  H.B. No. 5469

3 Takeaways for Education Vendors:

  • All vendors need written data privacy agreements
    • All means all from yearbook publishers to niche apps to Google
  • 2 Policy Goals the state wanted to meet:
    • Protect students from targeted advertising
    • Require notification of data breaches 
  • The unintended consequence: Each data privacy contract is required by each school district which led to a lot of legal fees for…

Lege Trend. Indian Paintbrush State calls for No Regulation for Bitcoin. 3 Points from the Bill + 3 reasons good for Tech.

Wyoming HB 0070 (2018) will create this regulatory system for bitcoin in Wyoming:

  • Creates an open blockchain token
  • Cannot be marketed as an investment or part of a repurchase agreement
  • Exchange of open blockchain does not trigger broker dealer regulations

3 Tech commentaries:

  • Wyoming is forward-thinking to allow freer reign for cryptocurrency companies
  • Makes Cheyenne intruiging to a  few dozen crypto startups
  • Wyoming revealed its willingness to be a “test bed for future regulation”

The…

Lege TREND. Net Neutrality Bill Signed. State vs. Feds. 3 Points You need to Know to be Informed for your Tech & Internet Service Provider Clients.

  • 5 Governors have net nuetrality executive orders
  • Washington State Governor signed a Net Nuetrality Law
    •  The WA bill says providers offering service in the state cannot block or throttle legal content, & cannot offer fast-lane access to companies willing to pay extra.
  • Oregon’s Governor is expected to sign its Net Nuetrality Law
    • The OR bill prohibits state and local entities from buying internet service that blocks or throttles content
  • 25 States are considering net nuetrality bills
  • The…

Lege & Contracting TREND. +1 Western State Sends Net Neutrality Bill to its Governor. 3 Points from the Bill.

State: Oregon

The legislation: OR HB 4155 (2018)

What does Oregon’s HB4155 do?

  • It does not mandate net nuetrality
  • it prohibits agencies, cities and counties from using internet service that blocks or prioritizes specific content or apps
  • it does not apply in areas where there is only 1 service provider

oregon Live | Oregon Senate sends net neutrality bill to Gov. Kate Brown

Seattle Times | Net neutrality bill passes Oregon Legislature