Posts Tagged ‘Iowa law’

Iowa Privacy Breach Bill Has Much Of Its Teeth Pulled

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Iowa introduced a new bill, SSB 3200, on February 20 to establish a state privacy breach notification law.
As originally worded it would have also required merchants to follow credit and debit card industry data security rules and make them liable to banks for costs they incurred after a breach of payment card transaction data not retained in compliance with those rules. However, in the past week SSB 3200 was amended in committee to remove the retailer liability provisions.
A companion bill, HSB 721, was introduced February 26.

Responding To Customers Asking About Your Company’s Use of SSNs

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

For the past 10 years I have been driving the same, reliable, non-troublesome car. It still looks good enough (I don’t really worry about driving an “it” kind of car). However, it is getting a bit rattly, and my friends have been increasingly giving me a hard time about continuing to drive it past the 200,000 mile mark. I never really cared much until my starter went out a couple of months ago. I wondered, what if this had happened to me while I was in a neighboring state at a client site? Sure, I have AAA, but it would still be a hassle. So, I decided if I saw a car I really liked and that had all the features I wanted, I would splurge and get a new car.
Well…I just happened to find a car I absolutely loved after seeing and driving it. I was at the dealer paying for it yesterday, and the sales person asked for my Social Security Number (SSN).

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Iowa Breach Notification Bill; Emphasizes Need for Documented Security Policies and Breach Plans & Establishes “Identity Theft Passport”

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

An omnibus data security bill, H.F. 655 was introduced March 5 in the Iowa House by representatives Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) and Paul Shomshor (D).

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Iowa Breach Notification Bill; Emphasizes Need for Documented Security Policies and Breach Plans & Establishes “Identity Theft Passport”

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

An omnibus data security bill, H.F. 655 was introduced March 5 in the Iowa House by representatives Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) and Paul Shomshor (D).

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