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New Federal Credit Freeze Law Eliminates Fees, Provides for Year-Long Fraud Alerts

Hunton Privacy

Effective September 21, 2018, Section 301 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) requires consumer reporting agencies to provide free credit freezes and year-long fraud alerts to consumers throughout the country. Section 302 of the Act provides additional protections for active duty military.

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Amended Colorado Bill Aims to Enhance Data Privacy Laws

Data Protection Report

As Data Protection Report posted on January 29, 2018 , lawmakers in Colorado are considering legislation that, if enacted, would significantly strengthen Colorado’s data privacy protections. On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, an amended bill passed unanimously in Colorado’s House Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

But, by contrast, only 36,673,575 records were confirmed to have been leaked, which is the fewest we’ve recorded since May 2018. There were a massive 99 data breaches and cyber attacks in August, making it the third-biggest monthly total of the year by number of security incidents. Cyber attacks. Hitachi Chemical Co. Financial information.

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Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin

Krebs on Security

Enacted in May 2018, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act rolls back some of the restrictions placed on banks in the wake of the Great Recession of the last decade. In addition, the law requires the big three bureaus to offer free electronic credit monitoring services to all active duty military personnel.

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Colorado Amends Data Breach Notification Law and Enacts Data Security Requirements

Hunton Privacy

Recently, Colorado’s governor signed into law House Bill 18-1128 “concerning strengthening protections for consumer data privacy” (the “Bill”), which takes effect September 1, 2018.

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Have We Become Apathetic About Breaches?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

One such example is the recent disclosure that military personnel wearing Strava devices are revealing highly sensitive information about their locations and activities. The average person on the street however, does not realize that this data is curated somewhere and is virtual gold to criminals – or in certain cases, even terrorists.

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In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free

Krebs on Security

21, 2018 it will be free to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and those of your children or dependents throughout the United States. In addition, the law requires the big three bureaus to offer free electronic credit monitoring services to all active duty military personnel. citizens.

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