“Who Do You Trust” was a 1950’s game show that required players to decide whether they could rely upon the information provided by their partners to win cash prizes of $25, $50 and $75. In today’s increasingly networked environment, there’s a lot more at risk in trusting another’s information about cybersecurity. Corporations and industries complain… Continue Reading
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“Illinois-ed” About the Lack of Useful Information in Breach Notices? Illinois Amends Breach Notice Law to Specify Notice Content, Cooperation
Posted in Security Breach Notification LawsOn August 22, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed House Bill 3025 into law. In doing so, he aligned Illinois with a small group of states responding to increased concern about privacy and information security by retooling their existing information security breach notification frameworks. HB3025, in particular, amends the state’s breach notification law to specify both the types of information that should be provided to notice recipients and the breach notice obligations of service providers that maintain or store, but don’t own or license, personal information about Illinois residents.
Let us tell you how we see this going down: White House publishes cybersecurity legislative proposal
Posted in Data Privacy LawsOn May 12, 2011, the Obama Administration released its legislative proposal concerning cybersecurity. The stated focus of the proposal is to shore up cybersecurity measures to protect the American people, the Nation’s critical infrastructure, and the Federal Government’s networks and computers while providing a framework for safeguarding individual privacy and civil liberties.
Everybody Likes Free Stuff: Draft Privacy Legislation Seeks To Enhance Consumer Protections Without Disrupting Ad-Supported Internet Business Model
Posted in Data Privacy LawsA draft Congressional bill released Tuesday, May 3 aims enhance consumer privacy protections both online and offline and establish a national framework for the collection, use and security of consumer information, superseding state law requirements regarding the collection, use and disclosure of the information it covers. The draft legislation, sponsored by Congressmen Rick Boucher (D, Va.) and Cliff Stearns (R, Fla.), recognizes the importance of online advertising in supporting free online content and services and attempts to extend privacy protections without disruption of this business model.
Privacy under the 44th President? Will the New Administration Bring a New Playbook?
Posted in Miscellaneous, National SecurityAs we prepare to welcome both the 44th President and a revamped Congress to Washington, it is time to consider what privacy under the new administration will look like. Barack Obama polled strongly on the campaign trail as the candidate most likely to advance individual privacy rights, but are the pollsters a good indicator what… Continue Reading
Proskauer’s Tanya Forsheit Gives Web Exclusive Interview on Pending Data Breach Legislation
Posted in Data Privacy Lawshttp://www.csoonline.com/article/217027/CSO_Disclosure_Series_What_s_Next_with_Disclosure_Legislation_
Updated Breach Notification Laws
Posted in Security Breach Notification LawsFollowing is an updated list of citations to state data breach notification laws. We also note that as of January 1, 2008, California’s data breach notification law, Civil Code § 1798.82, will include "medical information" and "health insurance information" in the definition of personal information. Also, any business "maintained for the purpose of managing medical… Continue Reading
Proposed California Legislation Would Require Retailers to Dispose of Personal Information Within 90 Days
Posted in Data Privacy LawsUnder legislation recently proposed in California, retailers doing business in the state would be subject to enhanced data destruction requirements, and all businesses would be affected by new data breach notification requirements. In the wake of the TJX Companies data breach, which may have affected more than 46.2 million credit and debit cards, California Assemblyman… Continue Reading
110th Congress Proposes Sweeping Federal Data Security Legislation
Posted in Security Breach Notification LawsThis entry sumarizes the four major pieces of data privacy and breach notification bills introduced thus far by the 110th Congress.