InfoHive – Data Security – Page 89

State Proposition. Create Stand Alone State Agency for Data Privacy

Where: California

What: Proposition 24 would creates a dedicated state agency to enforce data privacy laws & adds dozens of specifics and exceptions for privacy in certain business

Why are privacy advocates opposed?

Privacy advocates support a opt-in framework for collection and use of people’s personal information, and the Proposition supports an opt-out system
True enforcement only comes when it allows for civil causes of action, otherwise it is meaningless
Creates a new loophole for “pay-for-privacy” for loyalty card data
ACLU says it reinforces this notion that companies should be allowed to charge people for their privacy

Los Angeles Times via Governing | California Hopes to Further Refine Online Privacy

Public Official Disclosures of CryptoCurrency

Add Spain to the list of countries seeking financial disclosures for public officials of their bitcoin.

Why does this matter? Does your jurisdiction require crypto currency disclosures of public officials? Is your jurisdiction considering legislation related to crypto currency?

Reuters | Spain plans bill to force disclosure of crypto-currency holdings

BLM. City Procurement Changes

Where: Birmingham, AL

What is happening: A purchasing agreement for law enforcement software included specific disclaimer language to prohibit the software use for facial recognition purposes

Alabama Media Group | Birmingham Reassures: Police Tech Won’t Use Facial Recognition

Data. Migration Data = Election Data?

Since 2008, an estimated 700,000 Californians have moved to Texas.

The 2020 question is: Do the Californians that have moved to Texas vote in numbers that turn Texas to a swing state?

What do Texas experts say? Migration is an element, but so is the growth in Texas’ internal demographic shifts such as increased Latino population & growing metro areas

CalMatters | How California expats are helping turn Texas into a battleground state

CARES Act for COVID Broadband in Missouri

How much did Missouri set aside from its CARES Fund for rural broadband? $50 million

How many estimated households will benefit? 10,000 new households

Who else will benefit in Missouri from the CARES Act COVID funds for internet service? telehealth, libraries and remote learning

Kansas City Star via Governing | Over 70,000 Kansas Homes Finally Getting High-Speed Internet

CARES Act COVID Funds for Rural Broadband

Where: Kansas

How were the COVID funds allocated in Kansas for rural broadband? The State Finance Council previously approved the use of federal coronavirus relief funding to improve broadband access

What else will also be getting improved internet access?

government buildings will get fiber optic cable
libraries, schools and health departments will have connections they have not had access to before

Kansas City Star via Governing | Over 70,000 Kansas Homes Finally Getting High-Speed Internet

BLM. Protests + Private Surveillance Cameras + Local Government Access

Can local governments access private surveillance cameras- say like your doorbell’s camera or the cameras of your local improvement district?

Where is this happening? San Francisco, CA

What rules are in place for San Francisco to use private surveillance footage? They can if and only if they get approval from the local government

What’s alleged during BLM protests? That San Francisco police accessed real-time surveillance footage from private cameras in the Union Square area without first obtaining necessary approval from the Board of Supervisors

Why do we care?

San Francisco was quick to stop using facial recognition software on the one hand but on the other police may have accessed private camera footage during a protest.
National organizations are involved- the ACLU, EFF (Electronic Freedom Foundation)
Camera and surveillance use legislation/regulation is common in response to BLM and this access to private video is an issue in all these public and stakeholder decisions

San Francisco Chronicle via Governing | San Francisco Sued for Allegedly Video Surveilling Protests