Voting Data Base Hacks. 3 States Working with Federal Government to Protect Election Results

Add Kansas to the list of states working with the FBI to protect state voting machines from hackers.

Other states seeking federal protection for voting machines:

  • Illinois
  • Arizona
  • Kansas
  • North Carolina

Governing | Kansas Works With Feds to Protect Elections From Hackers

Governing | North Carolina Asks Feds to Assess Its Elections Cybersecurity

 

Case Study. Small School District. New Data Security Protocols. 3 Takeaways including Procurement.

Biggest data security concern: 3rd party vendors. Especially free web based vendors.

The school district’s solution: Training teachers and staff about data privacy standards

The contracting change the district made: Standard privacy clauses that do not shift privacy liability to the school district

EdScoop | Small Missouri school district thinks big about privacy and security

TREND. Requiring Notification to the State Attorney General of Data Breaches. 2 States.

Which states require notification to the state attorney general of a data breach? Nebraska and Rhode Island

How did Nebraska tackle the legislation? Requiring companies to notify the Attorney General in the same time that they notify a resident

How did Rhose Island tackle the issues? Requiring Attorney General notification if more than 500 people had their data compromised

National Law Review | Summer Round-Up: Four States Bolster Data Breach Notification Laws and More Changes on the Way

SECURITY TREND. 2 Legislatures Changed When Data Breach Notifications are Required.

What change did the Nevada & Rhode Island Legislatures make? Changed the definition of personal information for data breaches

What was added to the definition of personal information?

  • medical identification number
  • a health insurance identification number
  • a user name, unique identifier or electronic mail address in combination with a password, access code or security question and answer that permits access to an online account

The difference between the 2 states? Rhode Island clarified which accounts were protected by clarifying that it applies to “personal, medical, insurance or financial account.”

National Law Review | Summer Round-Up: Four States Bolster Data Breach Notification Laws and More Changes on the Way

New State Database. New Data Security. Read an Example of an Opioid Database.

The state creating an opioid database: California

What will be required of physicians before writing an opioid prescription?  Physicians will have to check a database of patient prescription histories before recommending addictive drug.

The legislation: Senate Bill 482 by Lara

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Western State Moving Biometric and Geolocating Data Security Bill. Read the Legislation.

The State: California

The Legislation: Assembly Bill 83

What does AB 83 require?

  • expand data security requirements for businesses that retain biometric & geolocating data
  • protect data collected by mobile apps or fitness devices
  • protects data collected in photo taggins such as social media and photo storage services for photo tagging purposes.
  • requires businesses to use a “reasonably prudent” standard

How does AB 83 accomplish its goals? By expanding the definitions of “personal information” to include “geolocation information” and “biometric information”

National Law Review | California Legislature Nearing Final Debate of Biometric and Geolocation Data Security Bill

Bloomberg Law | California Bill Would Add Security Standards to Data Breach Law