A very weak consumer data privacy bill is sailing through the Virginia legislature with backing from Microsoft and Amazon, which have both testified in support of the bill. The bill, SB 1392 and its companion HB 2307, are based on a Washington privacy law backed by tech giants that has threatened.
On February 5, 2021, the state Senate of Virginia voted unanimously to approve Senate Bill 1392, titled the Consumer Data Protection Act, after the House of Delegates approved an identical House bill by an 89-9 vote.
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Underwriting is critical to insurance profits: Identify, qualify, and quantify the risk that an insurance policy covers and set the premiums across a pool of the policies to cover the risk. It is the original hedge fund, in many ways. But identifying the likelihood of the risk has been difficult historically. Life insurance underwriting, generally speaking, relies on a combination of mortality tables issued every number of years, some basic lifestyle information and some information about the potential insured’s medical history, all grouped together to assign the insured to a particular premium band, such as “male preferred nonsmoker” or “female select.” There has been limited gradation beyond that over the years.
Friday, February 12, 2021
As readers of CPW know, the
Lavarious Gardiner v. Walmart Inc. et al. case is unusual. Back in July 2020, Plaintiff filed a class action complaint against Walmart alleging that Walmart suffered a data breach which was never disclosed. As evidence of the breach, Plaintiff presented claims that the personal information associated with his Walmart account had been discovered on the dark web and presented the results of security scans performed on Walmart’s website, which allegedly showed certain vulnerabilities. In other words, Plaintiff filed suit on the
supposition that Walmart’s systems had been breached, which Walmart denies. Plaintiff’s complaint included a claim under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), in addition to other California privacy and consumer protection statutes.
Eyeing online privacy regulation, North Dakota legislators face scrutiny in committee hearing
Rep. Tom Kading of Fargo proposed House Bill 1330, which drew scrutiny from a wide range of industry leaders at its hearing in the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee. 8:19 am, Feb. 11, 2021 ×
A bill in the North Dakota House of Representatives would aim to block businesses operating in the state from selling a user s online data without consent. (Illustration by Troy Becker / Forum News Service)
BISMARCK A group of Republicans in the North Dakota House of Representatives is taking aim at enhancing internet privacy for residents.
House Bill 1330, proposed by Rep. Tom Kading of Fargo, seeks to prevent businesses operating in the state from selling a user s protected data without their consent.