Frank Mand reports on Plymouth County’s efforts to redact Social Security Numbers from publicly available records starting with “Book 1989,” the first book of records in which SSN began to appear in real estate records. The Registry is now up to Book 38,792 and – referencing documents in terms of their digital images – there…
Category: State/Local
California passes notification content bill, but will Schwarzenegger sign it?
The California legislature passed an important breach notification bill authored by state Senator Joe Simitian this week, but will Governor Schwarzenegger veto this bill too, as he did the last time around in its previous incarnation? Senate Bill 1166 would mandate certain information about the breach be included in any notification. In a press release…
Debit card protection bill advances in New Jersey
The Associated Press reports: Consumers who use their debit cards to make purchases at New Jersey businesses could soon see new protections aimed at thwarting identity theft. The state Senate Commerce Committee recently endorsed a measure that would require merchants to truncate debit card account numbers and expiration dates on all sales receipts, including copies…
California Senate again OKs breach notification law update
Dan Kaplan reports: The California Senate has approved a bill that would update the state’s pioneering data breach notification law, the lawmaker who introduced the legislation announced Friday. The bill from Democratic Sen. Joe Simitian is a reintroduction of the same measure that he proposed last year, but which was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Arnold…
Last State Without a Breach Notice Law? Not Mississippi
Tanya Forsheit reports: Yesterday, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour approved Mississippi’s first breach notification law, House Bill 583, leaving only four states without a notification law (Alabama, Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Dakota). Read more on InformationLawGroup. The law goes into effect July 1, 2011.
Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Notice Law
David Navetta writes: The state of Virginia has passed a breach notice law requiring notice of security breaches involving medical information. […] “Breach of the security of the system” means unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of medical information maintained by an individual or…