InfoHive – Data Security

The Police Force: City of Los Angeles

The position on facial recognition software:

•  Officers & detectives are prohibited from using outside facial recognition platforms in their investigations
• They can continue to use  Los Angeles County Regional Identification System which relies on criminal booking photos
• Los Angeles Times reports LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times since 2009

The catalyst: Officers had used third party familial recognition software without permission

Los Angeles Times via Governing | Los Angeles Police Ban Use of Third-Party Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition Software is a hot topic for policy makers.

The EU has new rules that allow for the sale of software, like facial recognition software, but adds a lot of transparency requirements.

What new rules will apply in the EU?

• require a license to sell technology with military applications
• due diligence on such sales to assess the possible human rights risks;
• require governments to publicly share details of the licenses they grant

MIT Technology Review | Europe is adopting stricter rules on surveillance tech

Who ranked Texas as reactionary on blockchain policy: The Brookings Institute

Who is talking about the ranking? The Texas Blockchain Council 

Why did the Texas Blockchain Council form? “Texas is positioning itself to pick up the mantle of leadership in the emerging technology space”

Long term goals: “public-private partnerships that include research institutes, regulatory agencies, private companies, and economic development entities to incubate and develop a blockchain innovation ecosystem “

www.texasblockchaincouncil.com

Texas Blockchain Council Launches to Make Texas a Leader in Blockchain Innovation

• $1.75 billion Universal Broadband Fund
• 50/10 Megabits per second (Mbps) to rural and remote communities
• up to $750 million available for large impact projects
• up to $50 million available to support mobile projects that primarily benefit Indigenous peoples.
• up to $150 million available as part of our Rapid Response Stream

 High Speed Access for all: Canada’s Connectivity Strategy.

Government of Canada | Universal Broadband Fund

@JustinTrudeau on twitter

Cities are trying to tackle high crime areas by collecting data on the cars that enter certain high crime portions of their cities.

What do privacy advocates say?

• Creates permanent records of virtually everywhere any of us has driven
• Transforms the consequences of leaving home to pursue private life, and opening up many opportunities for abuse,
• Tracking people’s location constitutes a significant invasion of privacy

The most recent city to dip its toe in license plate reader pool? Wichita KS

Wichita Eagle via Governing | Wichita to Take License Photos in High-Crime Neighborhoods

S4833 (116th Congress | Hassan & Cornyn) would give states access tot he National Guard to enforce cyber security laws.

Route Fifty | New Bill Would Codify States’ Ability to Use Federally Funded National Guard for Cybersecurity

Goldman Sachs estimates that by 2022 the global data industry will be worth more than $250 billion.

So what are investors looking for? How will legislation and regulation impact data security, advertisement, marketing and the requisite data.

Add in pop culture…. with the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma that echoed the phrase– “if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product”.

Stockhead | Data security is about to be big business as legislative winds begin to shift

Who made the recommendations? Governor’s Broadband Development Council

Where do I read all their fancy words? 2020 Texas Report Governor’s Broadband Development Council

What are their recommendations?

• The Texas Legislature create a state broadband plan
• The Texas Legislature create a state broadband office
• Study the benefit of a state broadband funding program to incentivize deployment in unserved areas

 The Gilmer Mirror – Governor s Broadband Development Council Issues First Report To Texas Legislature

Reform Austin | Governor’s Council: How More Texans Could Have Broadband Access

What’s coming our way? Crypto currency credit cards

How? ZenGo, a c crypto currency start up, is working with Visa to develop a non-custodial crypto payment card

How will the credit card work? It will be the first card tied to a self-hosted, on-chain, multi-currency wallet where funds are controlled by the user

Decrypt | ZenGo Developing Crypto Credit Card With Visa

56+% California voters approved new data privacy standards in the state including:

• 3x fines for companies that violate kids’ privacy
• Create a dedicated state agency to enforce data privacy laws
• Holds big business accountable
• Closes loopholes that proponents say companies like Facebook, Google, Spotify and others have exploited

Champions of the proposition:

• Alastair Mactaggart, a San Francisco real estate developer 
• Consumer Reports, Common Sense Media and Consumer Watchdog
• Andrew Yang 

Desert Sun | Proposition 24: Californians approve more data privacy rules