Tim Cushing reports that not satisfied to rest on his laurels in the Really Bad Ideas Department, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin is behind a legislative proposal that amounts to a very bad state-level version of the federal hacking statute, CFAA. Tim writes: Here’s the worst part of the suggested amendments: Whoever intentionally and without authorization or in…
Category: Legislation
Retailers battle financial sector over lame data breach legislation that they think is too strong?
Cory Bennett reports: Retailers on Tuesday doubled down on their opposition to a data breach notification bill favored by financial firms. The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), one of the sector’s largest trade groups, argued in a letter to House leadership that the measure would be unfair to large swaths of the economy. The bill,…
Ga. Senator Proposes Bill On Public Data Breach Investigations
Johnny Kauffman reports: A bill filed in the Georgia Legislature by Sen. John Albers (R–Roswell) would mandate companies and state agencies provide details to the attorney general and the governor’s office and give authority to the attorney general’s office to conduct an investigation. The Republican’s bill (SB 276) is called the “Georgia Personal Data Security…
European Parliament Committee Approves EU Cybersecurity Rules and Publishes Agreed Text
Mark Young and Vera Coughlan write: Formal adoption of the EU Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive is a step closer following a vote on January 14 by the European Parliament’s internal market and consumer protection (IMCO) committee. As we reported in December, the European institutions reached an informal political agreement on the NIS Directive — dubbed…
Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection and Breach Notification Rules
Mark Scott reports that new EU data protection directives were (finally) approved yesterday, and will go into effect in 2017. Some of the directives will have significant impact for American businesses, regardless of whether they maintain headquarters or offices in the EU. Scott summarizes some of the new directives, and there are a few that…
KY: Child identity theft legislation pre-filed in House
Brad Bowman reports that House Majority Caucus Chair Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Paris, pre-filed a bill that would protect children from identity theft by allowing parents or guardians to request a security freeze in cases of card fraud for children under 18 and an incapacitated person. Bowman reports: Currently, there are 22 states that allow parents,…