Category Archives: Uncategorized

What’s happening? last year there was a 400% increase in ransomware. Cyber Insurance payouts top 70% of break even. Why is this important? This means it is no longer not cheaper to not pay the criminals. Now the insurers pay the criminals. How will this be important? Commerical premiums jumped 39% in March 2021. This […]

What’s happening? Coca Cola has added Chief privacy officer to “define global privacy and legal personal data strategy.” The new privacy officer is also a she according to the link. Why is this important? It wasn’t that long ago we started seeing Information officers and then Sustainability officers, and now Let’s welcome Data Privacy officers. […]

What’s happening? Colorado Governor signed SB 21-190 (2021 | CO) requiring companies to disclose how they use data; and giving Coloradans  the right to opt out of data collection; “access, correct or delete” the data, or obtain a portable copy of the collected information Why is this important? Colorados enforcement mechanism is to apply the […]

What’s happening? Ohio Republicans are proposing data privacy rights that would allow Ohioans to have the ability to have personal data deleted and request that it not be sold. Businesses would “adhere to specified data standards” & the Ohio Attorney General would have exclusive authority to enforce it. No “private right of action would exist” Why […]

What’s happening? Congress is considering No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021  that would ban biometric technology in most federally funded public housing Why is this important? Lawmakers aren’t only in treated in the use of biometric software but also the rational behind using the software in the first place. How will this be […]

What’s happening? In 2013 8 tech companies formed Reform Government Surveillance to lobby for surveillance reforms by opposing the “dragnet collection of Americans’ private data” Why is this important? we’re talking about Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo and AOL, Amazon, Dropbox, Evernote, Snap and Zoom How will this be important? A lobbying firm that […]

What’s happening? Visa says for the 1st 6 months of 2021 crypto linked credit card transactions topped $1 billion. Why is this important? In 2019 transactions were more like a blip. How will this be important? 70 million merchants world wide are accepting cryptocurrency based credit cards CNBC | Visa says crypto-linked card usage tops […]

What’s happening? Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving toward rule making to strengthen consumer access to their financial data. Why is this important? Sometimes you need to share your financial information, to use things like Quicken’s automatic features or auto payments. How will this be important? Big banks and big financial companies want to control personal […]

What’s happening? Baltimore City Council is moving forward an ordinance to ban facial recognition software.  Why is this important? The City wants to study whether the software infringes on the privacy of its citizens. The City is fresh off a program that used a crime fighting “spy plane” that captured private citizen behavior.  How will […]

What’s happening? Legislation to allow parents and kids to petition tech companies to remove posts to ensure “A Right to be Forgotten” Why is this important? It allows the ramblings of a 17 year old to not be used against the 35 year old version of themselves by their employer How will this be important? […]