Category Archives: legislative trend

Lege TREND. Anatomy of an election security bill

Where: Georgia

The legislation: HB 392 (2019 | GA) 

What would this bill require:

  • the state Secretary of State
  • required to create security protocols for voter registration information
  • follow and be consistent with standards set by national cybersecurity and election organizations

Atlanta Journal Constitution | New safeguards for Georgia election security await Kemp’s signature

Lege TREND. Death of a Bitcoin Bill in a Gaming State.

State: Nevada

The legislation: SB 195 (2019 | NV)

Why did SB 195 die a legislative death?

  • opponents say the bill was not beneficial to the crypto markets
  • the bill would have implemented the ULC’s Uniform Regulation for Virtual Currency Business Act
  • opponents say it doesn’t protect investors and traders enough

Read an opposition letter from the cryptocurrency industry.

CoinGeek | Nevada lawmakers scrap controversial Bitcoin bill

Lege TREND. Data Minimization in Cybersecurity bill drafts

What do I need to know about data minimization? It means that companies shouldn’t collect personal data “beyond what is adequate, relevant and necessary” for the product or service.

What’s an example? Your takeaway driver doesn’t need access to your photo library to scan your credit card

NextGov | Inside One Lawmaker’s Proposal for a Privacy Bill of Rights

3 State Variations in the Model Insurance Data Security Legislation

North Carolina: the 1st State to pass the model legislation imposed the 72-hour notice requirement in the model.

Michigan:  opted for a 10 day notice requirement

Ohio:  allows licensees that have certain cybersecurity programs to use an affirmative defense against tort claims

Bloomberg | States Imposing New Cybersecurity Requirements on Insurers

Lege TREND. Blockchain and Bitcoin Bills.

Michigans HB 4103 (2019 | MI) would:

  • add bitcoina nd blockchain into existing legal & financial statutes
  • prohibit rackteering related to blockchain and bitcoin
  • apply existing financial crimes to crimes utilizing blockchain, distributed ledger techniology and bitcoin

The definition of cryptocurrency used in Michigan: “digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, and that operates independently of a…

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…

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

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of a State Cyber Office. How to hold agencies accountable to the Executive Branch?

West Virigina HB 2452 (2019 |WV)  created the a new Cybersecurity Office within the Office of Technology.

Goals of the a new Cybersecurity Office:

  • risk assessment across state agencies
  • establish unifying security standards among state agencies
  • will leverage a risk management approach
  • provide for “apples-to-apples comparison of cyber-risk assessments across all agencies within the Executive Branch.”  

Stems from WV’s 2018 particiaption in the National Governors Association (NGA)…