Last week, Quinn Norton wrote a disturbing and thoughtful essay. Those of us who conduct research or investigate and report on breaches generally share her concerns, if not her decision to withdraw from security journalism. The Barrett Brown case, and the prosecution’s attempt to criminalize linking to publicly available data may lead others, too, to…
Category: Breach Laws
President Obama’s Security Breach Notification Bill Needs Work
Elizabeth H. Johnson and Lynn C. Percival IV of Poyner Spruill have their own objections to the President’s proposal for a federal data breach notification law. You can read their analysis and comments here.
Christie signs law requiring health insurance companies to encrypt personal information
Susan K. Livio reports: Health insurance companies will be required to protect client information by encrypting the data, under legislation Gov. Chris Christie signed into law today. The bill follows a series of incidents involving stolen laptops containing policyholder information protected only by user passwords. Read more on NJ.com.
Proposed data breach bill in Washington State: comments
So I’ve just read the proposed legislation for revising Washington State’s data breach notification law (see the WA AG’s press release on the proposal here). A few comments/observations on the bill: 1. The bill eliminates the word “computerized” before “data,” thereby seemingly expanding the data breach notification requirements to paper records or other formats. That…
Attorney General calls for enhanced data security law to protect consumers as part of 2015 legislative agenda
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has introduced bipartisan legislation that will strengthen Washington’s data breach notification law to help Washingtonians protect their personal information. “Identity thieves are using increasingly sophisticated methods to hack into consumer databases and steal financial information,” said Ferguson. “We must update our laws to help consumers better protect themselves in…
Retailers are skirting data security issue, NAFCU, trades tell Congress
The National Association of Federal Credit Unions writes: Retailer groups’ data security arguments are “inaccurate and misleading” given their members “are not covered by any federal laws or regulations that require them to protect data and notify consumers when it is breached,” NAFCU and six other financial trades told House and Senate leaders Wednesday. “National…