Chris Dolmetsch reports: A group of U.S. attorneys general want more information from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)about the extent of a data breach that jeopardized millions of customer accounts amid a national focus on consumer cybersecurity. The request comes as President Barack Obama on Jan. 13 called for new laws requiring companies to disclose instances when they’ve been hacked…
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Obama’s federal data breach notification bill: boon to businesses, but not most consumers
So I’ve had a chance to read Obama’s proposed data breach notification bill, The Personal Data Notification & Protection Act, and although it has a few interesting points, it’s pretty much a rehash of bills that have raised concerns among privacy advocates for years. This post will describe just some of some of the provisions of the bill…
Obama introduces data breach notification bill
You can read the text of The Personal Data Notification & Protection Act here, and the White House’s section by section analysis of it here. I’ll post my analysis and comments on the draft later today, but from my initial skim, don’t expect a glowing review as the bill does pre-empt much stronger state laws,…
Obama’s proposed changes to the computer hacking statute: A deep dive
Orin Kerr writes: As part of the State of the Union rollout, President Obama has announced several new legislative proposals involving cybersecurity. One of the proposals is a set of amendments to the controversial Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), the federal computer hacking statute. This post takes a close look at the main CFAA proposal….
Weak state servers breach causes mass identity theft in Turkey; over 50 million citizens’ identity info stolen
Hasan Bozkurt reports: The Presidency’s State Audit Institution (DDK) has revealed that the state failed to protect Turkish citizens’ ID information. The servers of the administration’s website has been easily breached, ID information of citizens have been stolen. These include the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs, the General Directorate of Land Registry and…
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.