Lucas Ropek writes: What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data? Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness. Not so with 23andMe. The popular genomics company, which suffered a pretty terrible data breach last year, has instead opted to tell pissed off customers that they probably should’ve picked a better password if they…
Resources: Breach notification laws: US and GDPR
The law firm of BakerHostetler has recently released several free resources of note: 2023 Data Security Incident Response Report EU GDPR Data Breach Notification Interactive Map State Data Breach Notification Law Interactive Map PDF Version of State Data Breach Notification Laws Thanks, as always, to Joe Cadillic for alerting us to these.
Netherlands: Doxing has been punishable since January 1
Politie reports: Netherlands – Sharing someone’s personal data with the intention of intimidating – doxing – has been punishable since January 1. People who are victims of doxing can report it to the police. Perpetrators risk a fine and, in serious cases, possibly even a prison sentence. […] In our society we cannot tolerate doxing, says outgoing…
Florida ready to follow Ohio and secure abortion rights
Arek Sarkissian reports: Florida abortion rights advocates, who have seen access to the procedure erode in the state and nationally in recent years, reached a major milestone that could shape abortion access throughout the south. Groups seeking a constitutional amendment protecting abortion on Friday secured enough state-certified signatures by the Feb. 1 deadline to put a referendum…