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Who: University of Alabama What: Sent its football players Apple Watches to track locations during COVID The justification: The Apple watches are resources to provide for the health and well-being of student-athletes during this crisis USA Today | Alabama’s use of Apple watches to track football players sets off rules debate

When did Nevada first pass blockchain legislation? 2017 What type of investments in block chain have been made since 2017? $400 million What applications of blockchain are included in the investments? financial transactions supply chain management Walmart rolled out a blockchain pilot to track food safety  tracked food safety information in 3 seconds a pilot […]

Where: Alabama What: Alabama’s Department of Health is sharing the physical addresses of people who tested positive for COVID 19 with emergency responders How does HIPPA calculate into this health information privacy issue? Alabama determined that  public safety outweigh privacy concerns Does Alabama have a law that also addresses this exception to health care information […]

Where: Michigan How is Michigan’s CISO helping local governments with cyber security? a proactive step to build on the 2018 pilot that allowed local governments to treat the state CISO as the local government’s chief security officer works in tandem with the deployment of the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps(often abbreviated as MiC3) to assist with recovery […]

The association representing fintech interests:  Innovative Lending Platform Association How does fintech operating lending services in ways that differ from the traditional? underwrite loans using algorithms at speed and scale How much COVID stimulus could be available for fintech startups? $450 billion in loans are set to be distributed through the Small Business Administration  Tech […]

The company: Estimote How can Estimote technology limit the spread of COVID? By monitoring the potential spread of the coronavirus from person-to-person Why an Estimate device and why not just mobile phone or watch tracking? A dedicated wearable can help employers avoid doing something that may be seen as an invasive privacy issue Tech Crunch […]

A sampling of business booms in the time of COVID: Coursera, the Mountain View, Calif.-based online learning platform with university classes ZOOM, video conferencing Instacart has seen a 150 percent increase in demand a course from the Imperial College London on the science of COVID-19 has more than 66,000 students enrolled after launching less than […]

Which state regulator: New York’s department of financial services (NYDFS) What is the regulator requiring of cryptocurrency companies? preparedness plans to manage the spread of the disease disclosure of preventive measures and the protection of employees evaluation of the potential increased risk of cyber-attacks and fraud by the epidemic Crypto Currency Market | The State […]

Top 4 data privacy issues associated with the pandemic: Will surveillance & location tracking continue after the outbreak? Is the health tracking that occurred reversible? Was the location tracking anonymous? Was there consent for the location tracking? EU Observer | Privacy issues arise as governments track virus

Who:  “Cyber School,”  by the Academy of Cybersecurity, operated voluntarily by cybersecurity experts What: Daily live stream of coding and algorithms, online safety, ethical hacking and social engineering Cyber Scoop | This team wants to teach your kids cybersecurity while they’re home from school