InfoHive – Data Security

What’s happening? Smart Bandages that could help improve the diagnosis and treatment of wounds by transmitting data via bluetooth, floor sensors that can transmit information about intruders or health information that can be determined by gait; and car sensors that can relay dings and damage to rental cat companies.

Why is this important? Along with transmission of dat comes data privacy issues, and whether the method and mode of this data transmission are protected under cyber security laws will depend on the cybersecurity laws.

How will this be important? Laws and regulations will have to recalibrated for new devices and privacy issues.

Wall Street Journal | Smart Bandages, Vehicle-Damage Trackers and More Data-Collecting Devices of the Future

What’s happening? States are taking enforcement action against bad acting crypto currencies.

Why is this important? Let’s look at the variety of ways state enforcement occurs:

• Attorneys general in MA & NY have issued fines and cease and desist orders
•  Texas State Securities Board issued a cease-and-desist order for fraudulently offering cryptocurrency mining investments
• 30+ states considered cryptocurrency legislation in 2021
• AR and KY enacted laws defining digital currency under the states’ money services or transmission statutes
• IN and ND added coverage for virtual currencies under unclaimed property acts
• NE is the 2nd state to create a special bank-like institution to govern virtual currencies and other digital assets
• WY created a bank like structure for crypto in 2019
• TX passed a law that the purchaser of virtual currency gets the rights to that currency from the previous owner & that brings cryptocurrency under the same state business code that applies to other ordinary transactions

How will this be important? More legislation is forthcoming, bills will be replicated.

Pew Charitable Trusts via Governing | States Crack Down on Growing Cryptocurrency Fraud

What is happening? Texas Legislature passed HB 1576 (2021 | TX) that requires that joint legislative committees develop a master plan for blockchain expansion.

Why is this important? The bill also opens the door for investment into blockchain. This includes economic development opportunities for the blockchain industry.

How will this be important? This master plan shapes the future of blockchain in Texas + we’ll see the next round of legislative action emerge.

What is happening? Texas Legislature passed SB 275 (2021 | TX) that requires The Texas Department of Information Resources to report on the Texas Volunteer Incident Response Team.

Why is this important? The goal is to offer rapid response to a cyber event at the state.

How will this be important? The report will make recommendations to make communication more efficient fro cyber response coordination.

What is happening? The Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC), a Special Interest Group of the non-profit Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community, is proud to announce the release of The National Research Data Privacy Agreement, a great resource to support schools in their student data privacy stewardship roles

Why is this important? The National Research Data Privacy Agreement included input from all stakeholders including schools, districts, state and government organizations, marketplace providers, researchers, universities, and their legal representatives

How will this be important? “The draft NRDPA can be found on the SDPC website (https://privacy.A4L.org/national-research-dpa/) with permissible usage rights for SDPC Members.”

EIN Press Wire | The Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) announces the release of the National Research Data Privacy Agreement (NRDPA)

What is happening? Miami has created a partnership that earns it a portion of the proceeds from MiamiCoin. So far Miami has earned $21 million.

Why is this important? MiamiCoin is the city’s version of CityCoins, digital tokens which people can hold and trade as a stake in their city’s government. The idealized view is that MiamiCoin will remove the need to pay local taxes.

How will this be important? Miami is the 1st city in the country to adopt this program, and by all accounts it has so far been beneficial.

The Hill | Miami residents to receive city cryptocurrency proceeds, mayor says

What’s happening? DTRAVEL is a decentralized home sharing platform that is governed by its community via the Dtravel Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), which gives community members a say with support from  world’s leading crypto-friendly online travel agency

Why is this important? By relaying on blockchain, the participants can own part of the platform and make decisions that directly affect them

How will this be important? DTRAVEK says its method reduces fees, gives new revenue streams, and offers a community voice

Yahoo | Dtravel, Decentralized Home-Sharing Platform, Now Live for Bookings

What’s happening? QR codes in and of themselves are not privacy hackers, but the websites the QR codes lead you to, will track you can follow your data. Privacy experts recommend non-tracking browsers like Safari or Firefox.

Why is this important? Legislating consumer privacy online is very of the moment. Add QR codes to your legislative definitions.

How will this be important? QR codes will move from restaurant tables to your state house soon

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What’s happening? CT joins UT and OH with offering liability protections for businesses who comply with reasonable data security measures.

Why is this important? These laws are viewed as a preview to liability protections coming to other states.

How will this be important? Need to write this legislation? Well, it’s been written.

Fox Rothschild LLP | New Connecticut Law Incentivizes Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards

What’s happening? 25% of local elected officials are opting out of cyber training.

Why is this important? The elected official exemption often also applies to their staff & the number of cyber attacks on local governments is increasing.

How will this be important? 58% of IT executives said their organization’s cybersecurity budgets are not adequate

Route Fifty | Most Local Governments Provide Cyber Awareness Training. Why Do 25% Let Elected Leaders Opt Out?