Welcome to the Future!
Pennsylvania State Rep. Dan Miller, a former teacher, is crafting student data security legislation that will:
Like other states, Pennsylvania is looking to California’s landmark student data protection legislation for guidance.
Delaware this year enacted a package of data security bills, including:
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act is undergoing an overhaul. Part of that overhsaul is to strengthen privacy protections for student data.
The Internet Association opposes the current proposal because:
Illinois Governor Rauner vetoed a data security bill this week.
The bill would have extended notification requirements to data breaches involving medical, health insurance, biometric, consumer marketing, and geolocation information.
The Governor stated that the bill established ““duplicative and burdensome requirements.”
In the political hot spot that is Denton County, Congressman Burgess noted the importance of bringing all stakeholders together on data security legislation by saying,
“I wanted to take an opportunity to hear from people who are working in the research area and the private sector and pull everyone together in a room for the morning and hear what the state of the industry is, and where they thought we might do things to improve it,” said Burgess, R-Lewisville.
The last few weeks have cemented a growing trend of activist hackers. Examples from the last year:
Expect to see more moves into the realm of politics, social issues, and corporate interests.
Only a few States prohibit kids’ personal information from being shared by schools with third party vendors, like marketers.
States working to protect student data through legislation or regulation:
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Neiman Marcus experienced a data breach in 2013 that exposed credit card information for 350,000. And, as it is with every data breach, lawsuits ensued.
The 7th Court of Appeals answered a lingering legal and legislative issue– whether any actual injury has to occur before suit may be filed. “Chief Judge Diane Wood, who said that fear of hackers in the future is not too “speculative” for a day in court.”
The ruling is expected to apply to both pending lawsuits realted to Sony &…
In 2007, 17% of police departments were using license plate readers. That number increased rapidly. By 2012, 71% of police departments used license plate readers.
Whats the concern if these help lower crime? The data. Regulations seek to:
6 states have limited the use of license plate readers or prohibited the use…
Connecticut’s enacted Senate Bill 949 contains significant data security requirements for entities contracting with state agencies and entities in the health insurance and administration business.
Contracting entities must provide: