Colorado’s Attorney General, Phil Weiser, gave a speech for Data Privacy Day that talks about Colorado’s Privacy Act and its provisions with respect to both privacy and data security. It is a speech worth reading, especially if you want an overview of what is coming your way in Colorado. With three states now having state…
Category: State/Local
The Governor Who Thinks Examining HTML Is Criminal Hacking Is Now Working To Make Missouri’s Public Records Laws Worse
I wasn’t sure which of my sites this post by Tim Cushing belongs on, so I’m posting it to both, because the public needs to see what the government is doing to erode transparency and rights. Tim writes: Missouri Governor Mike Parson is perhaps best known these days for trying to convert a right-click menu option into…
PA Senate passes bills aimed at ransomware, data breaches
AP reports: Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen. The bills’ passage comes barely two weeks after the state’s unemployment compensation system acknowledged that hackers changed bank account information in some recipients’…
A Missouri Reporter Is (Still) Getting Blamed For the Security Flaw He Exposed
Jack Gillum sought — and obtained — some records from Missouri Governor Parson’s office concerning the governor’s staff’s public statements and the governor’s intention to try to prosecute journalist Josh Renaud. Renaud’s crime: he discovered a vulnerability on a state website where by clicking the F12 key to view the source of a page, one…
Review of U.S. State Law Developments in 2021
Madeline Salinas and Libbie Canter of Covington and Burling write: As we look ahead at 2022, we here provide a quick wrap-up of key developments for U.S. state privacy laws in the past year: California Privacy Protection Agency is appointed and commences rulemaking. In June, the new California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) held its inaugural public meeting,…
HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General
HIPAAJournal has a nice piece on HIPAA enforcement action over the years by state attorneys general. You can access it here.