Wow. The Wyoming Senate has really been busy considering a number of data breach and privacy bills. James Chilton reports: Legislators began discussing Thursday two bills designed to force businesses affected by data breaches to inform consumers and respond in specific ways. Senate Files 35 and 36 aim to create new, 21st century definitions of…
Category: Breaches
Senators question Holder on police use of motion detectors
Unsurprisingly, lawmakers have jumped all over the report that law enforcement is using radar devices to see inside our homes – without any warrant. In a follow-up news report, Brad Heath reports that Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman and ranking Democrat of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have sent an inquiry…
FINRA Fines Scottrade Over Customer Privacy Violations
Ed Beeson reports: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Wednesday fined Scottrade Inc. $200,000 to settle claims that it violated privacy rules when it handed over certain customer data to firms looking to contact investors who had bought shares of a French utility named in a securities class action claim. Read more on Law360 (sub….
If The DOJ Gets Its Way, Tweeting Out A List Of The ‘Worst Passwords On The Internet’ Will Be A Felony
Orin Kerr’s not the only one with concerns about the DOJ’s proposal to revise the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Over on Twitter, Nate Cardozo of EFF got some attention with his tweet claiming that an article and links to it could become a felony under the proposal. As Nate explained to me in other…