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Steven Erkel and Kaeley Brown of Alston & Bird write: Arkansas In April, Arkansas’ Governor signed H.B. 1943 as Act 1030 expanding the scope of personal information, as used in the Personal Information Protection Act, to include “biometric data.” T… Continue reading Legislative Roundup: New Laws Passed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Maryland That Revise Cyber Security Measures
Gavin Reinke of Alston & Bird writes: The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law. Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the … Continue reading Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach
Lisa Thomas of SheppardMullin writes: North Dakota criminal law currently contains penalties for misusing the personal information of another. That law has been expanded, and beginning August 1, 2019, it is a class B felony to use a skimmer or scanning… Continue reading North Dakota Data Misuse Law Amended
Suzette Parmley reports: Legislation expanding the types of personal data that will trigger a required notification to customers in case of a breach, including email addresses and passwords, was signed into law by Gov. Murphy. The online breach bill wa… Continue reading NJ: Bill Expanding Disclosure of Online Breaches Now Law
From Covington & Burling: The Washington Privacy Act stalled this April in the state’s House of Representatives, and will likely not reappear again for discussion until the 2020 legislative session. The bill overwhelmingly passed the Senate, but fa… Continue reading Washington State Lawmakers Reach Deadline Without Passing Privacy Act, But Reach Agreement on Amendments to Breach Notification Law
Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis PC writes: The much-anticipated amendment to North Carolina’s data breach notification law that we reported on earlier this year (see here) has finally been introduced to the state’s General Assemb… Continue reading North Carolina’s Much Anticipated Data Breach Notification Law Amendment Moves to General Assembly
From the Washington Attorney General’s Office yesterday, a press release on an expansion of the breach notification requirements. Of special note, under the new law, a hacker acquiring a name in combination with a student ID would trigger notific… Continue reading Washington AG Ferguson bill strengthening data breach laws passes Legislature
Thomas S. Markey writes: On Feb. 19, a bill was introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate proposing to amend the Pennsylvania Breach of Personal Information Notification Act to add new breach notification requirements for state agencies and political subdi… Continue reading PA: Bill Targets Data Security of State Agencies, Municipalities and School Districts
Sydny Shepard reports: District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine has introduced the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019, which would modernize the District’s data breach law and strengthen protections for residents’ … Continue reading District of Columbia Introduces Legislation on Data Privacy
Amber Thomson, Liisa Thomas, Elfin Noce, and Kari Rollins of SheppardMullin write: Ohio recently followed South Carolina as the second state to adopt cybersecurity legislation modeled after the NAIC’s Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Ohio law, Se… Continue reading Happy First Day of Spring! Ohio Insurance Law Effective Today