- The Bill creating the Washington State’s new Office of Privacy and Data Protection: Washington State House Bill 2875
- What will be the purpose of the new Office of Privacy & Data Protection?
- Determine what information state agencies are collecting
- Do we know in Texas? No
- Work with agencies to reduce the amount of consumer data being collected
- Monitor & assist wit citizen complaints
- Annual privacy review of state data collection
- Educate Washington State residents about…
- Determine what information state agencies are collecting
Category Archives: legislative trend
INTERIM. 3 Reasons Why State Laws are Necessary for Health Care Data Security. Data Privacy.
- State Attorney Generals oppose federal control over health care data security and data privacy
- States are better equipped to make fast changes in the data driven economy
- Breaches that are small and localized are better handled by local authorities and not the federal government
Health IT Security | Are State Health Data Breach Notification Laws Needed?
INTERIM. Lege Trend: Data Security in Telemedicine. 3 Keys from 1 Western State. Read the Bill. Prep your Client.
What state recently enacted new telemedicine laws? Washington State
What data security elements were included in the Washington State legislation?
- Establishes best practices that complies with ““generally accepted health care practices and standards.”
- Boils down to HIPAA and the HITECH Act & existing state law
- Establishes a technology standard of ““the standards required by state and federal laws governing the privacy and security of protected health information.”
- Allows…
INTERIM. 3 Ways 1 State Seeks to Tighten Education Contracts. Student Data Security. Read the Bill. Prepare an Offense. Prepare a Defense.
Which state is making a new move to protect student data? Colorado
What does it mean for education contractors? New Rules. New Data Security Requirements.
3 Key prohibitions in the bill:
- prohibit education contractors from selling personally identifiable student information
- prohibit use of student information for targeted advertising to students
- Prohibitions follow to the subcontractors
- Establishes data security protocols tied to education contractors
Chalkbeat…
Lege Trend: Shorten Notification Requirements for Business with Data Breaches.
Which state updated its data breach law in March to shorten the time line for notification? Tennessee
How long do Tennessee businesses with data breaches have for notification? 14 days from discovery or notification of the breach
Is there an exception to the 14 days? yes, a legitimate law enforcement need
Did Tennessee also expand what triggers a notification? Yes
What new event triggers a notification? When the breach is caused by your own employee
Lege Trend: Reworking Agency Data Security. Procurement. Procurement. Procurement.
Which state passed new data security laws in 2016? Wyoming
Were the new laws the result of a breach or a legislative mandate? The result of a 2 year, 4-member Joint Task Force on Digital Information Privacy
What are agencies asked to do? 2 tasks
- Agencies must review their data collection, handling, security and management.
- Agencies must assess their stored data and explain why it collected it; and whether it really still needs to be stored
Where does procurement come into…
Lege Trend: Cyber-insurance Regulation. Intel from the Insurers.
- Cyber security is a dynamic problem
- Flexible solutions include cyber insurance
- Cyber Insurance is in a nascent market stage
- Cyber Insurance can mitigate risk and help consumers see their cyber exposure
KOAM 7 | AIA Statement on House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on the Role of Cyber Insurance
Lege Trend from SXSW: CyberStalking Crime. Data Privacy.
Who is touting new legislative approach to cyberstalking? Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
What does her bill do?
- make it easier for law enforcement to arrest cyberstalkers
- create a $20 million grant to aid local and state law enforcement
- Create a national resource center for research & technical information for law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
SC Magazine | SXSW: Dem. lawmaker plans to introduce online harassment legislation
Trending: Data Security on the Roadways.
Data security of self-driving cars spurs calls for uniform data security standards for self-driving cars.
Have there been a push for self driving car regulations or statutes in Texas ? Yes, why yes, there has. 84R HB 933
Did those pushes include data security issues? No.
The Hill | Lawmakers worry about cyberattacks on self-driving cars
Lege Trend: Governmental Sharing of Cybersecurity Issues.
What’s Congress’ new cybersecurity idea? To ” increase information sharing among the Homeland Security Department and state and local governments about cyber threats and vulnerabilities”
Whose idea is this? Congressman Will Hurd filed a bill in December 2015 & Sens. Gary Peters and David Perdue are introducing a bill in March 2016
Politico | Warner, McCaul and Obama talk tech in Austin