8 States Data Privacy Laws. States Beating Feds to the Punch & the Koolaide.

  • Illinois
    • “right to know” bill
      • will let consumers find out what information about them is collected & what kinds of businesses the information is shared with
    • A bill to regulate when consumers’ locations can be tracked by smartphone applications
    • A bill to limit the use of microphones in internet-connected devices like mobile phones, smart TVs and personal assistants like Amazon’s Echo
  • California and Connecticut
    • Updated their laws to restrict government access to online communications like email
  • New Mexico 
    • Considering the California & Connecticut law to restrict government access to online communications
  • Nebraska & West Virginia
    • Enacted laws that limit how companies can monitor employees’ social media accounts
  • Hawaii & Missouri
    • Pending legislation limits how companies can monitor employees’ social media accounts & may move to add the same protctions for students and tenants.

New York Times | Push for Internet Privacy Rules Moves to Statehouses

Lege Trend. Procurement Trend. Expanded IT bidders.

State: Ohio

IT Procurement Issue: How to get innovative tech firms to bid on IT contracts, especially for data analytics.

The procurement change: Remove the old school, clunky procurement process

The procurement fix:

  •  streamline the procurement process by creating a request for proposal that prequalifies companies to provide analytics according to a range of disciplines, such as fraud, auditing, risk management, public safety…
  • remove the requirement that a vendor has to have worked for a state of similar size before the vendor works with Ohio

Governing | Letting the Little Guy In: How Ohio Expanded Its IT Expertise

 

Legal Trend. New FBI Guidelines. Healthcare. Cybersecurity.

What guidance is the FBI giving medical and dental providers on cybersecurity? That file transfer protocols, FTP, transfers csn be accessed by anonymous users without passwords. Cyber secuity measures should be taken to correct server settings.

What speficially did the FBI say about protected health information (PHI) pr personally identifiable information (PII) ? PHI & PII should not be kept on FTP servers allowing for anonymous operation

National Law Review | New FBI Warning for Healthcare Providers: Cybersecurity

Lege Trend. What are businesses saying about turning over data to governments?

No, thank you. Or, thank you, but no. 

Microsoft has taken the stand  that the only way it will turn over data to the government  is if Microsoft is legally compelled to do so.

What is Microsoft saying? Sue me or more politically correct, “”We will not help any government, including our own, hack or attack any customer anywhere,””

SC Media | Microsoft president takes stand against turning over data

TREND. Business & Cybersecurity. 3 Cyber Issues. US Chamber of Commerce.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is making cyber security recommendations for regulators and policy makers, including:

  • agency leadership needs to work with business to “harmonize cyber regulations”
  • modernize government IT structure
  • clarify the roles and responsibilities of the public and private sectors when it comes to cybersecurity

The Hill | Chamber of Commerce urges Trump to get business input for cyber strategy

Business Trend. Health Care Data Encryption and the Denton Health Group Breach

The data breach: Denton Health Group had thieves steal 7 years of patient data

The cyber theft: The thieves stole physical hard drives which were not encrypted

Encryption & health care:

  • 65% of health care providers encrypt in the cloud

Health Care Dive IT | Cyber thieves steal 7 years worth of unencrypted data from Denton Health Group hard drive