Michael Billok, Christopher Stevens, Clifford Tsan of Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC write: A bill currently pending before the New York State Assembly (A10475) would make a number of significant changes to New York’s data breach notification statute (General Business Law Section 899-aa) in the event that it is passed and signed into law. The…
Category: State/Local
MO: Governor Jay Nixon Signs Identiy Theft Bill Into Law
Governor Jay Nixon signed several bills into law, including one designed to prevent identity theft. The measure makes it a class A misdemeanor to possess stolen credit card information or devises, even if the info or devise has not been used after being stolen. In a written statement, Nixon praised lawmakers for passing the bill,…
Breach Response Portal Added by Massachusetts Regulator
Cynthia J. Larose of Mintz Levin writes: Pursuant to the Massachusetts data breach notification statute, M.G.L. 93H, notices must be provided to the affected resident, the Attorney General’s office and to the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR). It is not enough that Massachusetts has a sui generis breach notice content statutory requirement (you must tell affected residents of the…
Rhode Island Attorney General Pushing For A State-Level CFAA That Will Turn Researchers, Whistleblowers Into Criminals
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…
California ransomware bill supported by Hollywood hospital passes committee
Bradley Barth reports: A proposed California legislation imposing specific penalties for ransomware took a step forward yesterday when the state senate’s Public Safety Committee passed the bill at a hearing that featured testimony from Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) — a notable victim of the ongoing ransomware epidemic. The legislation, Senate Bill 1137, would amend California’s penal code making it…
RESOURCE: State Security Breach Notification Laws
Mintz Levin has updated its convenient chart of state breach notification laws. Read more here. I’ve already downloaded my copy of their updated chart to keep on my desktop.