Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators on roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. CHILD EXPLOITATION (S 2048) Senate 37-0, approved an amendment providing that the state establish age-appropriate guidelines for child exploitation awareness education…
Snowden slams UK new surveillance bill
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Snowden said the powers given to security agencies in the bill amounted to access to “the activity log of your life.” Earlier, the Home Secretary Theresa May admitted that UK spy agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ secretly collected communications data for…
Sullivan: Cybersecurity bill lacks teeth, expands surveillance
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Senate passed a controversial cybersecurity bill Tuesday night in response to calls for Congress to prevent cyber threats to the United States. This is a continuation of the debate between personal privacy and security, and a decisive victory for those…
Talk Talk faces hacking compensation bill running into millions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Talk Talk has conceded that it could face a compensation bill running into millions for customers whose bank accounts were raided after the telecoms company was targeted in a huge cyber-attack. The company, which has been accused of ignoring warnings that…
Apple prepares for Wednesday’s event by putting up its logo all over Bill Graham Auditorium
Apple has been busy, putting its logo up and making preparations to the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco. That is where the company will be holding its media event on Wednesday. We expect to see Apple introducing the Apple iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus. We also might…
Senate bill proposes cyber security standard for cars
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cars will have to be much better protected against hacking and new privacy standards will govern data collected from vehicles under proposed legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The Security and Privacy in Your Car Act of 2015 seeks…
Dems, GOP senators push cyber bill for Homeland after breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to strengthen the authority of the Homeland Security Department to thwartcyberattackson government networks and websites after a massive government data breach. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has spearheaded cyber legislation in the…
NSA spying bill stalls in US Senate
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The US Senate failed to pass the so-called USA Freedom Act Saturday, as a 57-42 vote fell three votes shy of the 60 needed to bring the measure to the Senate floor. Several other measures to replace or revise the expiring…
Zimbabwe ICT Policy, cyber-crime bill are nowhere in sight
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s been 9 years since the Zimbabwean government made a pledge to come up with legislation to curb cyber crime. Of course, there’s no point in holding on to political pledges really. It’s just that it helps give a clear indication of how…
Washington State Bill Would Add Prison Time For Drone Crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If a drone aircraft is used for a crime, from running drugs to scoping a house for robbery, prosecutors would be able to seek an extra year in prison for the offenders under a bill now before…