David Lazarus writes: Sam Greyson was surprised to receive a new credit card the other day from Bank of America. He was also surprised to learn that the bank had changed his account number because of a security breach involving another business. But the thing that surprised Greyson most was that when he called BofA…
Category: State/Local
California and Massachusetts Legislatures Push Data Breach and Security Bills
Jason C. Gavejian writes: In distinct efforts to strengthen data security requirements, the California and Massachusetts legislatures recently passed bills affecting data breach notification requirements and data security notification, respectively. On April 14, 2011, the California senate approved S.B. 24, requiring California businesses and agencies to notify the state attorney general if more than 500 California…
States Attempt to Address Privacy Risks Associated with Digital Copiers and Electronic Waste
On April 1, 2011, a New York law went in effect requiring retailers of certain electronic equipment to institute electronic waste collection programs and to provide information to consumers on how to “destroy all data on any electronic waste, either through physical destruction of the hard drive or through data wiping.” Manufacturers of devices that have…
Hawaii Considers Amendments To Data Breach Notification Law
Libbie Canter writes: Hawaii legislators have introduced several bills to amend the state’s data breach notice law. Two of these legislative measures would eliminate the “risk of harm” trigger for breach notification in Hawaii. Currently, notice to Hawaii consumers is required only “where illegal use of the [breached] personal information has occurred, or is reasonably…
States Jump Into the Security Breach Breach
Wayne Josel and Cindy Lo write: As discussed in our recent webinar “Whose Data Is It Anyway: Privacy in the De-Centralized Digital World”, currently there is no comprehensive federal statutory scheme to govern the protection of privacy. While lawmakers and agencies at the federal level continue to grapple with developing useful legislation to address privacy…
California Legislature to take up data breach notification proposal
A new year, a new governor, the same old problem and perhaps the same solution. State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced a bill that he says will enhance consumer privacy protection by strengthening the notification requirements when databases of personal information are compromised. It’s the same bill that the Legislature passed last year…