Schwarzenegger Says 'Hasta la Vista' to State Bill on Data Breach Costs
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have made merchants in his state liable for the costs incurred by banks and credit unions because of retail data breaches.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - California Governor Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Wednesday called for a special session of the  legislature to consider controversial reform proposals,  including a law that would trigger across-the-board spending  cuts to close a widening budget gap.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Democratic rival Thursday defended his campaign's decision to download a recording of a private meeting in which the governor chattered about "very hot" mixed-race personalities.
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10/19/04- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his political career at risk. He endorsed a 3-billion-dollar bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research.
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The state of California has warned residents that their personal data may have been stolen from computers at the University of California, Berkeley, after a database used by researchers there was compromised by hackers.
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California police are probing if   computer hackers illegally downloaded a private taped   conversation of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from state   computers, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed a &#36;3 billion bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research, breaking with California's Republican Party.
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New bills introduced in Congress this week target the privacy fallout from data breaches as well as the problems of pretexting and spyware.
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Bills that would give California's local governments more power to fight Wal-Mart and other huge stores are heading to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, over the objections of the giant retailer, business groups and Republican lawmakers.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would make companies liable when hackers breach their security systems and steal credit card data and other precious information, state officials said on Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Congress can help protect residents against identity theft by passing a data breach notification bill that would also require companies to use reasonable security practices, officials from cybersecurity vendor Symantec said Tuesday. Robert Clyde, Symantec's vice president of technology, called on Congress to pass a data breach notification bill that would require organizations to report data breaches when there's a reasonable risk of identity theft. U.S. lawmakers introduced about a dozen bills requiring data breach notification after a series of breaches in early 2005, but legislation stalled largely over committee jurisdictional squabbles. About 30 states have passed breach notification laws, most of them since 2005. U.S. lawmakers have introduced four data breach notification bills since January. Private companies want one standard they can follow instead of dozens, Clyde said. "Having every state do their own data breach law ... starts to get out of control real quick," he said. "You put a huge burden on companies." In the last couple of years, Symantec has seen a change in cyber attacks, prompting the need for legislation. Gone are the days when attackers created viruses or worms simply for bragging rights; now, the majority of cyberattacks are targeted at stealing money, Clyde said. In many cases, the attacks are done with stealth in mind, with the criminals hoping to milk credit card accounts for months, he said. Often, ID thieves will take $5 or $10 from a credit card account every month, and most people won't notice the small charges, Clyde added. "The motive [of hackers] has changed from show-off to taking money," Clyde said during a briefing in Washington, D.C. Symantec called on Congress to pass a data breach bill that would include language requiring organizations to deploy standard security protections. "We'd like to see legislation be more proactive," said Tiffany Olson Jones, senior regional manager for North and Latin American government relations at Symantec. Part of the problem with passing a bill last year is that some of the legislation became too expansive and included several privacy measures, Clyde said. A simple data breach bill that focuses only on security breaches should have the best chance of passage, he said. Symantec endorsed the Data Accountability and Trust Act, introduced earlier this month by Representatives Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, and Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican. The bill, in addition to requiring breach notifications to affected customers, would authorize the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to draw up data privacy requirements for businesses, including requirements that they have vulnerability assessments and policies for disposing of obsolete data. After a company reports a data breach, the FTC would conduct an audit of its security practices, and the bill would require data brokers to disclose the information they hold on individuals and allow individuals to correct wrong information. Symantec also called on Congress to pass an antispyware bill. Several ways that spyware steals information, such as keystroke logging, isn't expressly prohibited in other cybersecurity laws, Clyde said.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a &#36;111.7 billion no-new-taxes budget Monday and proposed to close an &#36;8.1 billion deficit by borrowing money and holding the line on spending growth throughout state government.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Wednesday vetoed three bills aimed at   boosting e-mail privacy at work as well as safeguard private  medical and financial data.
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LOS ANGELES -- With his own party sidelined, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is working with Democrats to produce a bill that would extend health insurance to everyone in the nation's largest state if voters approve new taxes to pay for it.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger signed a law on Friday making it a crime to buy  telephone records or obtain them through deceit, an issue that  has become important amid a furor over Hewlett-Packard Co.'s   attempts to track down boardroom leaks to the press.
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD  LOS ANGELES - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Democratic rival Thursday defended his campaign's decision to download a recording of a private meeting in which the governor chattered about "very hot" mixed-race personalities.
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California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Friday aimed at preventing   bacterial infections during manicures and pedicures by   threatening nail salons with the loss of their licenses if they   fail to keep their gear clean.