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Data brokers should stop trading health and location data, new bill proposes

December 12, 2024 0 Comments bill, data brokers, health, location, news, Privacy

Senators introduced a bill to stop data brokers from trading in health and location data and enable the FTC to enforce the new rules

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Senate bill would ban TikTok from government phones

March 17, 2020 0 Comments ban, bill, china, government phones, Government security, josh hawley, Law & order, legislation, rick scott, senate, spying, subcommittee, terrorism, TikTok

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:26:55 +0000

Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JZyyYvFBZdk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition

February 21, 2020 0 Comments bill, biometrics, facial recognition, Law & order, law enforcement, legislation, Privacy, privacy law, seattle, senate bill 6280, washington

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:12:47 +0000

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EQuUOXoeqVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

January 30, 2020 0 Comments bill, employee access, employee surveillance, employees, employers, house bill 1143, indiana, Law & order, legislation, microchip, microchipping, microchips, Privacy, surveillance, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland

January 29, 2020 0 Comments bill, bug disclosure, data loss, disclosure, katie moussouris, Law & order, legislation, malware, maryland, prosecution, Ransomware, researchers, responsible disclosure, security threats, vulnerability disclosure

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:53:54 +0000

… with a clumsily worded proposed bill that wouldn’t protect researchers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d9HY01sLptw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>