Lege TREND. Criminalize Online Snooping. Read 3 Bill Highlights. Read 3 Opposition Highlights.

The Online Snooping Bill:

  • Georgia SB 315 (2018) 
  • Republican State Senator
  • unauthorized computer acess that didn’t involve taking data would result in a misdeamnor of a high and aggrevated nature

 

Opposition:

  • criminalizes lying on a dating profile
  • criminalizes violations of user agreements
  • criminalizes any use of a work computer for personal use like checking the Falcons score

Washington Post | Sweeping Georgia cybercrime bill would target ‘snoopers’

3 Points. U S Supreme Court. Health Care. Data Breach. What you Need to Know to be Informed.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant review of CAREFIRST, INC., ET AL. V. ATTIAS, CHANTAL, ET AL which concerns:

  • whether to bring a data security lawsuit, is actual harm or the possibility of harm required?
  • the U.S. Supreme Court refusal left in place a standard  set by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbiath that the possibility of harm is enough
  • the burning question- is it up to the courts to hold entities responsible for safe keeping data?

Fierce Healthcare | Supreme Court denies CareFirst’s petition to review data breach case 

Regulatory TREND. New Enforcement Agency for CyberSecurity. Copy it in your state elections & electricity.

The new cybersecurity office:  Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force

Cyber Digital Task Force Goals:

  • canvass the many ways that the Department is combatting the global cyber threat
  • identify how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission

Task Force members:

  • CHAIR: senior Department official appointed by the Deputy Attorney General
  • Department’s Criminal Division
  • National Security Division
  • United States Attorney’s Office community
  • Office of Legal Policy
  • Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • ATF
  • FBI
  • DEA
  • U.S. Marshals Service

Report to be issued by June 2018 with a focus on these cyber issues:

  • Election Hackers. election interference
  • Grid Hackers. interfere with our critical infrastructure
  • Fake News. use of the Internet to spread violent ideologies and to recruit followers
  • Identity hackers. mass theft of corporate, governmental, and private information
  • High level encryption. technology to avoid or frustrate law enforcement
  • Viruses, ransomware  et. al. mass exploitation of computers and other digital devices to attack American citizens and businesses

Department of Justice | Attorney General Sessions Announces New Cybersecurity Task Force

Lege Trend. Cyber Security Standards for Tax Preparers in the Flowering Dogwood State

State: Virginia

The legislation: HB 183 (2018) SB 271 (2018) 

What’s required by Virginia’s HB 183 and SB 271?

  • Any income tax preparer in Virginia has to notify the VA Department of Taxation of a cyber security breach 
  • Notification is triggered by when the tax preparer discovers the breach and must be done without unreasonable delay

Is there a cost savings according to the bill’s author? Yes, the state will save $300,000 a year because the state Department of Taxation won’t be issuing refunds to fake tax returns filed by hackers

WRIC | Va. bill takes on tax return data breaches

REGUALTORY TREND. More Transparency for Businesses on Data Security + Coming to a State Near You.

SEC adopted new rules this week to require greater disclosure of cybersecurity threats by businesses. 

What you need to know:

  • prohibits trading on insider cyber security knowledge
  • companies are urged to develop policies that allow them to quickly assess cybersecurity risks and decide when to tell the public
  • prohibits companies from using internal or law enforcement investigations as an excuse for not informing the public.

Tech Crunch | The SEC says companies must disclose more information about cybersecurity risks

Regulatory TREND. Cybersecurity and Energy New federal Office. 4 Key Points.

The new oversight:  Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response at the Energy Department

Head of the new office:   will be led by an Assistant Secretary

Policy Goals of the new office:

  • energy infrastructure security
  •  support the expanded national security responsibilities
  • coordination and focus on protecting energy infrastructure, like the electric grid, from cyber and foreign attacks & natural threats

Funding: $96 million

Department of Energy | Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Forms New Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

The Hill | Energy Department creates new office for cyber, energy security

5 Points. Unanimous Data Security Bill Post- Equifax.

Oregon’s SB 1551 (2018)  will require:

  • notification to consumers of a data breach within 45 days unless it could hinder law enforcement
  • if more than 250 Oregonians are affected, then notice must also go to the state Attorney General
  • a violation triggers Deceptive Trade Practices Act 
    • this means class action lawsuits
    • this also means big fines
  • no fees for credit freezes or thaws
  • prohibits ‘ “upselling” by breached companies or third-party contractors when they offer people free credit monitoring or other damage-­mitigating services”

Register Guard | Oregon Senate approves new consumer protections after Equifax data breach

Business TREND. TRUST CHARTER to partner Business & Government in Data Security. 8 partners. 2 fundamentals.

The 8 partners in the TRUST CHARTER:

  • Siemens
  • Munich Security Conference
  • Airbus
  • Allianz
  • Daimler Group
  • IBM
  • NXP
  • SGS
  • Deutsche Telekom

Action Areas for Business and Government:

  • A call to responsibility at the highest levels of government and business with a dedicated government section and chief information officer at organizations
  • Companies must develop mandatory, third-party certification for infrastructure and solutions

“Governments must take a leadership role when it comes to the transaction rules in cyberspace,” said Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference

Clinical Innovation + Technology | Siemens, 8 partners sign charter to improve cybersecurity

Lege TREND. Blockchain Bills in the Goldenrod flower state. 3 Key Elements to the Bills with Local Government Preemption

State: Nebraska

The legislation: 

  • LB 987 Bitcoin as acceptable currency
  • LB 691 Virtual Currency Money Laundering Act
  • LB 694  State preemtion on blockchain technology & prohibits local taxing of blockchain
  • LB 695 Blockchain state contracting

LB 694 & 695 will require that:

  • blockchain signatures are legally valid in Nebraska
  • smart contracts are valid in all commerce in Nebraska
  • local governments cannot tax, license or regulate blockchain technology

Omaha World Herald | Nebraska Legislature considers bills on blockchain, cryptocurrency for first time

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 General’s Office

AL.com | State launches lab to fight growing problem of cyber crime