Internet Association. New Campaign Fundraising Tool. 3 Key Points.

What group is launching a new campaign fundraising tool? the Internet Association (Google, Facebook, et.al.)

How does the new fundraising tool work? 

  • The Internat Association selects candidates for virtual meetings
  • The virtual meetings allows people to ask candidates questions
  • During which, people can donate money to the association’s political action committee and will be directly transferred to the candidate featured during the virtual meeting

The Hill | Internet group rolls out new political fundraising tool

National Governor Association Details State Role in Cyber & Data Security

The Chair of the National Governor’s Association lays out 3 ways states can tackle data and cyber security:

  • share disruption response plans
  • establish cybersecurity operations centers
  • convening cooperation among public safety agencies, the National Guard, and private partners.

3 States with model public-private partnerships, task forces, and cybersecurity commissions:

  • California
  • Indiana
  • Virginia
 

3 Reasons Cyber Security legislation More Harm than Good. 4 Ways to write good cybersecurity laws.

The state landscape: Virginia

The cyber security proposals: make it a felony for cyber criminals to use ransomware

The reasons that the change in law may do more harm than good:

  • the laws a jumbled with overlapping enforcement of multiple agencies
  • the jumbled laws make it overburdensome for businesses to comply
  • technology advances more quickly than laws

What do good cyber security laws do?

  • They are principle-based
  • Specify outcomes
  • Do not target specific methods of action 
  • Respect a business’s right to make informed, risk-based decisions 

Virginia Business | Cybersecurity legislation may do more harm than good

New Mexico. Data Security Legislation 2017. 3 Key Points.

New Mexico’s House Bill 15  wants to put the state on par with other states by remedying  a gap in our existing consumer protections by:

  • Requiring notice within 45 days 
  • After Personal Identifying Information is Compromised
  • With notification to the state attorney general and consumer credit reporting agencies

Los Alamos Daily Post | House Passes Data Breach Notification Act

3 Reasons New Laws Needed for Cloud Data

A lawyer for Google says new laws are needed to cover data stored on the cloud for these reasons:

  • Clear guidance for law enforcement and corporations
  • Takes corporations out of the untenable position of being in the middle between customer privacy and law enforcement
  • Laws crafted before cloud storage are not keeping up. Cloud data can’t be treated like paper documents

The Recorder | Google Lawyer Says New Laws Needed to Govern Cloud Data

Lege Trend. Data protection. Email Protection. Less Government Intrusion. More Warrants.

The Legislature: Congress

The data protection bill: Email Privacy Act to update a 1986 law on email

Where is the bill? It passed the House and is moving to the Senate

What’s the fundamental change in the Email Privacy Act? To universally require warrants for emails stored on 3rd party servers

Is this in line with industry standards? Yes, Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Verizon require warrants before they release emails stored on their servers

The Hill | House passes bill requiring warrants for email searches

Lege Trend. Mandating ID Protection Post Hack. Who pays? A Win for Procurement.

State: California

Who pays for ID Protection when a private corportation has a data breach? The corporation

Who currently pays for ID protection when a locla government has a data breach? The person whose data was hacked

Is there a bill to make local governments pay for ID protection when a hack occurs? Yes, California Assembly Bill 241

Government Technology | When a Data Breach Happens, Will California Pay for Protection?

Lege Trend: Western Neighbor Data Breach Bill Applies to All.

Long gone are the days when data breach notifications only applied to retailers, or so says New Mexico.

The Bill: House Bill 15 (2017) The Data Breach Notification Act

What it does:

  • Any person who possess personal information about a New Mexican has 30 days to disclose any data breach
  • Requires the state attorney general office to work with any person who has suffered a data breach that triggers notification to New Mexicans.

KOB 4 | Lawmaker sponsors data breach notification bill