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CPW has been tracking Federal Trade Commission activity in the realm of privacy and cybersecurity in 2021. Last Friday, the FTC issued a notice that it was considering initiating a rulemaking under Section 18 of the FTC Act to curb lax security practices.
Received a letter -- honestly it was a sort of strange e-mail from a random gmail account, telling them they needed to preserve records from elections equipment used in the 2020 election. in dane county, wisconsin, the county clerk there immediately forwarded that random gmail request to his i.t. security department. this is how they replied. quote, scott, if this e-mail from from a gmail request i would strongly recommend against replying to it with any information. if these actions are any official cavity, i would expect it to come from an email account with an official wisconsin government ...
2020 election. in dane county, wisconsin, the county clerk there immediately forwarded that random gmail request to his i.t. security department. this is how they replied. quote, scott if this e-mail from from a gmail request i would strungly recommend against replying to it. we also have no verification of any operational security practices from the special counsel and at this time i would not recommend any disclosure of sensitive information until official channels of communication have been established and verified. joining us now is scott mcdonald. he's the dane county clerk in wisconsin. ...
Account with an official wisconsin.gov email address. we also have no verification of any operational security practices from the special counsel. and at this time, i would not recommend any disclosure of sensitive information, until official channels of communication have been established, and verified. >> joining us now is scott mcdonald, the county clerk in dane wisconsin, mr. mcdonald's a real pleasure to have you with us tonight. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me appreciate it. >> do you know if all the county clerks in wisconsin receive the same sort of gmail notice that you did...
Can use, like making it —— they have not made it mandatory by law but making sure that some places are out of bounds for those that are not vaccinated. so it would not be surprising if other countries follow suit in the coming days because the delta variant has been rising pretty rapidly in this part of the world and of course numbers are lower compared to europe or the united states but nevertheless, they are rising and that's what it would not be surprising if other countries and up doing what saudi arabia is doing now. and up doing what saudi arabia is doing nova— is doing now. sameer...