Category Archives: retail data breach

Lege Trend. An internet bill of rights? Hello all tech & telecom: this one is for you. Marketing and data limits.

Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do?

  • Keeping your “browsing history” private
    • ​Except: fraud or potential crimes  
  • Full disclosure when being monitored, and the right to opt out
  • Preserving the privacy of your social media accounts.
  • Ownership of your personal, digital content
  • Notification of injurious data breaches
  • Fair play on social media platforms and/or internet providers
  • Protecting children on social media

    • …

Anatomy ot the Saguaro Cactus State & Local Cybersecurity Team. Membership + 3 Goals. Build Your Own State Team via Executive Order.

Arizona Governor Ducey by Executive Order created the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT).

ACT team membership: experts from state, local, and federal government, the private sector, and higher education

ACT Goals:

  • enhancing cybersecurity workforce development and education
  • increasing public awareness on cybersecurity best practices
  •  advise and provide recommendations to the governor

The ACT primer cites 4 data breaches to support its mission:

  • Texas Comptroller Data Breach
  • Utah Health Care…

New Coalition. Against Card Skimming.

State: Alabama

What entity organized the coalition against card skimming? Alabama’s Attorney General

The new coalition against card skimming: Alabama Focus Group on Skimming

What entities comprise the coalition?

  • U.S. Secret Service
  • Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
  • Alabama Department of Transportation
  • Alabama Fusion Center
  • Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
  • Alabama Petroleum Equipment Contractors Association
  • Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama
  • Alabama Attorney…

4 Data Security Law Principles via Convenience and Fuel Retailers & 9 Partners

Convenience and Fuel retailers and a coalition of that includes the American Hotel & Lodging Association, International Franchise Association, National Association of Realtors, National Association of Truck Stop Operators, National Council of Chain Restaurants, National Grocers Association, National Retail Federation,  Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, and the U.S. Travel Association support 4 principles of data security legislation:

  • National Standards. Not piecemeal state…

Hidden costs of data breaches. Business Costs.

Case Study: Target. Target’s Securities & Exchange Commission filings show:

  • costs thus far of $290 Million
  • estimated future costs will total $370 Million

Case Study: Anthem Insurance. Anthem’s SEC filings show it cannot estimate the cost of its data breach because:

  • ongoing investigation
  • early stage of legal proceedings progress
  • unknown damages
  • uncertain number of lawsuits that will be filed

In additional to actual costs, there are soft costs to a data breach such as:

  • lost contract…

INTERIM. Banks v. Retailers Round 300. Federal Data Security Bills. 3 Key Pieces of Intel.

  • Financial Services support national data security standards & require nationwide data breach notification requirements for business
  • Retailers oppose federal legislation for the detrimental effect on retailers
  • The detrimental effect on retailers: applying banking rules on non-banks 

The Hill | Financial industry spars with retailers over data breach bill

The Hill | Retailers battle financial sector over data breach legislation

INTERIM. 5 Bits Intel to Know about Stakeholders in Cyber Security Banking & Retailer Legislation.

Let’s peak into the Electronic Payments Coalition:

Electronic Payments Coalition- who are they?

  • payments industry stakeholders
  •  credit unions
  • community banks
  • trade associations
  • payment card networks
  • banks

What’s the point of the EPC? 

  • EPC protects the value, innovation, convenience, security and competition that exists in the modern electronic payments system

What’s the EPC saying about the federal Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205)​?

  • Retailers are wrong about their…