DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Iowa amends data breach law to cover paper records and to create central reporting

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Dissent

Mark Wolski of Bloomberg BNA reports:

April 8 –Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) recently signed legislation (S.F. 2259) that amends the state’s data breach notification law to require covered entities to notify the state attorney general of breaches affecting more than 500 Iowans.

Under the measure, covered entities must notify the attorney general within five business days after notifying affected individuals.

S.F. 2259, which was signed by the governor April 3, will take effect July 1.

Paper Documents Now Covered

S. 2259 expands the scope of the state’s data breach notice law beyond coverage for breaches affecting unencrypted computerized data to now include personal information in any form, including paper.

Read more on Bloomberg BNA.

One of the additional benefits of the new amendment is that we will now have another state with a centralized repository of data breach reports that I can seek under FOI. More work for me, but yay!

Category: State/Local

Post navigation

← #Hackback: “Buddhax” posts photos of no-longer-so-Anonymous #OpIsrael hackers
Your medical files may be at risk →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Sentara Health terminates remote employees after realizing they couldn’t be sure who was doing the work.
  • Hackers Break Into Car Sharing App, 8.4 Million Users Affected
  • Cyberattack pushes German napkin company into insolvency
  • WMATA Train Operators Arrested in Health Care Fraud Scheme
  • Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists, WSJ reports
  • Resource: State Data Breach Notification Laws – June 2025
  • WestJet investigates cyberattack disrupting internal systems
  • Plastic surgeons often store nude photos of patients with their identity information. When would we call that “negligent?”
  • India: Servers of two city hospitals hacked; police register FIR
  • Ph: Coop Hospital confirms probe into reported cyberattack

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Vermont signs Kids Code into law, faces legal challenges
  • Data Categories and Surveillance Pricing: Ferguson’s Nuanced Approach to Privacy Innovation
  • Anne Wojcicki Wins Bidding for 23andMe
  • Would you — or wouldn’t you?
  • New York passes a bill to prevent AI-fueled disasters
  • Synthetic Data and the Illusion of Privacy: Legal Risks of Using De-Identified AI Training Sets
  • States sue to block the sale of genetic data collected by DNA testing company 23andMe

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.