Policy
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Jackson County, Mo., could soon take steps aimed to ensure new data centers are not constructed in unincorporated areas of the county, at least temporarily. -
Statewide, more than 180 law enforcement agencies ― nearly a third of all agencies in Michigan ― now use Flock Safety technology, according to data compiled by the company.
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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ fourth look at the chief privacy officer role finds 31 states now have one — but lack of staffing and funding are among the challenges.
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The legislation would exclude Equifax and other credit agencies from its requirements.
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The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is scheduled to vote on whether to implement a body-worn camera policy this month.
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The use of the technology by detectives working a drug case ended up in court and could lead to new rules around the powerful software.
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Multiple bills related to expanding broadband access are with state legislators, but there are compromises to reach before they can move ahead.
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Vague language used in many state laws defining how quickly consumers must be informed of a discovered data breach has brought on lawsuits from Pennsylvania, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Attorney General Josh Hawley determined last week that there was no evidence Gov. Eric Greitens or his staff had used a confidential text app to circumvent public records law.
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Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told attendees at the Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium that politicians are slow to act and are allowing new threats to take hold.
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With the overarching goal of establishing policies around the technology and the footage it produces, a number of interest groups are asking the state legislature to be included in a proposed statewide study.
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The aim of Senate Bill 403 is to replace the state’s 27,000 voting machines with models that leave an auditable paper trail.
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Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering legislation that would block schools and employers from digging into the social media accounts of students and workers.
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House Bill 324 would have offered tax breaks to technology companies investing at least $25 million in data centers, but legislators never got around to voting on it.
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The proposal would allow breach victims to not only freeze their credit to avoid use by cybercriminals, but it would also eliminate the fees associated with the process.
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In the state’s rural areas, roughly 28 percent of people don’t have Internet. By comparison, only 2 percent of people in urban areas are without access.
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A letter signed by 42 state legislators called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai finalize agency rules around rural Internet access.
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Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to sign the first legislation of its kind countering the Federal Communications Commission’s reversal of Obama-era Internet protections.
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The new Department of Motor Vehicle rules will allow companies to test driverless cars without a backup driver as early as April 2018 as long as remote operators are standing by to take over.
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The move by state bank supervisors could save time and millions of dollars in application fees for fintech companies and cryptocurrency exchanges.
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With a looming deadline fast approaching, Florida’s new chief data officer is working against the clock to make sense of the wealth of data the state is sitting on.
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