New internet security bill

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Documents and transcripts Text of bill First reading As passed by both Houses Explanatory memoranda Addendum to explanatory memorandum Explanatory memorandum Supplementary explanatory memorandum Transcript of speeches All second reading speeches Minister's second reading speech. But people everywhere are on high alert to the serious threat to the free and open Internet.

And they will fight back. Meanwhile, the GOP and industry supporters of the bill argued that the regulations would have placed unfair restrictions on broadband providers, given that web companies like Facebook and Google also make data-driven ads and do not have to abide by similar restrictions.

But that argument is proving to be a tough sell , as the bill has been widely denounced by consumer advocates, privacy groups and even late-night comedians. Maybe blackmail me someday. Democrats are already hitting vulnerable Republicans over their support for the bill. The outrage has been fierce enough to put the telecom industry, the driving force behind the bill, on the defensive.

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When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation. Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about. Leave this field blank. S - Summary Prohibits governmental entities, business entities and health care entities from paying a ransom in the event of a cyber incident or a cyber ransom or ransomware attack.

Bans the payments of ransom in cyber-incidents by government entities, business entities or healthcare entitles or by another entity on their behalf. Requires reporting of such incidents. Which is why The U. Information privacy: connected devices. Existing law requires a business to take all reasonable steps to dispose of customer records within its custody or control containing personal information when the records are no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable.

Existing law also requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.

Existing law authorizes a customer injured by a violation of these provisions to institute a civil action to recover damages.