Category Archives: legislative trend

INTERIM Lege Trend: State Data Collection Bills. 5 Bits of Informed Intel.

The Virginia legislature is considering the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act which would:

  • prohibit the state from secretly collecting data
  • prohibit data collection “without a clear need for its collection”
  • prohibit data collection by “fraudulent or unfair means”
  •  targets of data collection would be notified about the purpose of the information gathering and would be given the opportunity to amend, correct and erase “inaccurate, obsolete or irrelevant…

INTERIM Lege Trend: Protect Student Data Leading the Pack in the North. 3 Bits of Informed Intel.

Minnesota wants to do a better job protecting student data privacy. Here’s what the land of 10,000 lakes is proposing in its House Bill 2386:

  • prohibit schools from forcing students to supply their access information to personal social media accounts
  • prohibit school employees from forcing students to alter the settings of their accounts to make information visible to the public
  • opens violating schools up for legal action on the part of the affected student

Governing | 7 Tech Policy…

INTERIM Lege Trend: State Data Security Commission from the East Coast. Public Private Partnerships. 4 Bits of Informed Intel.

New Jersey Legislature is considering SB 808 that would:

  • Create a 6 member Cybersecurity Commission under the Department of Law and Public Safety
  • tasked with evaluating New Jersey’s “informational infrastructure”
  • private and public collaboration on cybersecurity
  • Issue recommendations on:
    • securing state networks
    • offering strategies to bolster the cybersecurity industry in the state
    • providing cyberhygiene and awareness

Governing | 7 Tech Policy Issues to Watch in 2016

January 28th: Data Privacy Day. 10 Data Security Trends for 2016.

  • Fitbits will get hacked.
  • The E.U. and U.S. fight on datat security will continue
  • Businesses should have data security policy & do risk assessments
  • Data Security will be guided by industry specific standards 
  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act will be a new source of data security lawsuits
  • Company issued electronic devices vs. personal electronic devices means more now that we’re in the age of data security
  • Curate and protect your social media like you do your health data from your…

Lege Trend: Data Encryption Bans. 4 Bits of Informed Intel.

  • Which states have pending legislation to penalize fully encrypted cell phones? California & New York
  • What fine is being imposed under these bills? $2500
  • What’s the goal of these encryption bans?
    • help law enforcement better combat human trafficking and other serious criminal activities that are being conducted over hidden encrypted networks and locked devices.
  • What groups oppose these encryption penalties?  The tech and privacy community

The Hill | Calif. bill would ban fully…

Trending: Libertarians, Civil Libertarians & Privacy Advocates Want to Repeal 2015 Federal Data Security Laws

4 Key points to know now:

  • Incentives for corporations to share data is a ruse for law enforcement to access data without a warrant
  • Libertarians are calling the 2015 law, “the worst anti-privacy law since the USA Patriot Act”
  • Undermine government accountability
  • Erode American privacy protections

The Hill | Critics urge lawmakers to repeal recently passed cyber law

INTERIM Lege Trend: Creating a Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee

California Assembly has a new committee to handle privacy and technology issues. What’s the committee jurisdiction?

  • drones
  • data security & breaches including in health care
  • Smart cities that use technologies to communicate with residents
  • security of networks
  • oversight of state computer data security

The Recorder | Calif. Lawmaker Forecasts Busy Year in Privacy

INTERIM. Home of the Ducks is now Home of Data Security. 5 Bits of Informed Intel from a new Data Security State Law.

  • data breach defined in new Orgegon law as:
    • “an unauthorized acquisition of computerized data that materially compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of personal information that a person maintains.”
  • personal information that triggers the notification statute
    • ​Social Security number;
    • Driver license number or state identification card number issued by the Department of Transportation;
    • Passport number or other United States issued identification number;…