Katharine Goodloe writes: As policymakers weigh the many policy implications associated with the Internet of Things (“IoT”), U.S. lawmakers have put forward a variety of proposals for studying—and regulating—IoT devices. Although the likelihood of current proposals becoming law this term remain uncertain at best, existing legislative proposals provide important context and insight into the ways…
Category: Legislation
UK: Civil liability of non-medical professionals for personal data breaches
In this article, 4 New Square’s Paul Mitchell QC, Stephen Innes and Helen Evans consider the potential civil liability of professionals in this jurisdiction for data breaches after GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018. They write, in part: Many professionals are liable to assume that the GDPR will class them as “data controllers” rather…
Georgia governor vetoes ‘hack back’ bill
Good! Ryan Johnston reports: Following weeks of outcry from cybersecurity companies and independent researchers, Republican Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed the state’s proposed “hack back” bill on Tuesday. The bill, SB 315, sought to create the misdemeanor crime of “unauthorized” computer or computer network access, criminalizing the act of “intentionally” logging into a computer or website hosted in Georgia without the user first…
New EU fines will apply to ‘old’ data breaches
Oooh. Pay attention, EU. Peter Teffer reports: Companies operating in the EU that are currently hiding serious data breaches similar to those that rocked Facebook last month better disclose those before 25 May, or be prepared to pay serious fines. On that date, the EU’s new general data protection regulation (GDPR) will come into force….
NYS Data breaches exposed personal information of 9.2M New Yorkers in 2017
WHEC reports: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was in Rochester Thursday to release a new report on data breaches impacting New Yorkers. The attorney general released “Information Exposed: 2017 Data Breaches in New York State,” documenting the record number of data breach notices filed with his office in 2017. In 2017, companies and other entities reported 1,583…
Alabama Senates Passes Data Breach Notification Act
Maya Atrakchi and Joseph Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis write: There are only two states in the U.S. that have yet to enact data breach notification laws, but that may change in 2018. Several weeks ago, the South Dakota state legislature announced that a data breach notification bill (Senate Bill No. 62) was pending. Now, Alabama…