State Legislature - Week of August 28, 2009

 

CCTA Legislative & Regulatory Update
August 28, 2009
 
CCTA’s Open House and unveiling of our new High Tech Demonstration.  The event on August 26th  was a huge success and very well attended by legislators, legislative staff, industry friends and business associates.  Thank you to all who took time out of your busy schedules to attend the event.   When in Sacramento, please stop by for a visit. 
 
 
State Legislative Update
 
State Legislature - Week of August 24, 2009
 
Internet-based social networking:  privacy.  Assembly Bill 632 (Davis) would require a social networking Internet Web site to provide a specified disclosure to a user, as defined, of the site stating that an image which is uploaded onto the social networking Internet Web site is capable of being copied by persons who view the image without the consent of the user who initially uploads the image, or copied in violation of the privacy policy, terms of use, or other policy of the site.  This bill was amended in May to remove CCTA opposition.  This bill was approved on the Senate Floor this week and returns to the Assembly for Concurrence.   CCTA position is Neutral.
 

Broadband Communications.  Assembly Bill 1012 (V. Manuel Perez) would require theState Chief Information Officer (CIO) to access and administer any moneys received by the state pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that are directed for broadband-related activities, programs, or projects. The bill would require the CIO, no later than 30 days after the effective date of this bill, to develop a strategy to expedite accessing those funds, including the requirement to specify actions that should be taken to assess, fund, allocate, and install broadband in California's rural and underserved areas. The CIO would be required to submit the strategy to the relevant policy and fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature within 30 days of the preparation of the strategy.

 

Although this bill was to be voted on the Senate Floor, it was pulled off calendar for additional amendments this week. The Author plans to amend AB 1012 to direct that all federal broadband mapping funds for California be administered by the California Public Utilities Commission.  CCTA position is Neutral.

 

Personal Information: Privacy.  Existing law requires businesses in California that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information to disclose any breach of the security of the system or data, as defined, following discovery or notification of the security breach person whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person.

 

Senate Bill 20 (Simitian) would require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification to provide additional notification, including the type of personal information believed to have been the subject of the breech; the possible date or range of dates of the breach; the possible number of persons affected by the breech; the toll-free number of major credit reporting agencies; and a general description of the breech incident. The bill would also require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification to more than 500 California residents pursuant to existing law to electronically submit a single sample copy of that security breach notification to the Attorney General.

 

SB 20 was amended this week to eliminate the reporting requirement on the possible number of persons affected. With this amendment, the remaining opposition, led by the California Chamber of Commerce, has removed their opposition. This bill is awaiting approval on the Assembly Floor.  CCTA position is Neutral.