U.S. Federal Legislation: Infrastructure Protection

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has signed a law (formerly H.B. 2677) prohibiting the state from complying with the federal REAL ID Act of 2007. Arizona is the 27th state to outlaw the act, which requires that states issue federally regulated ID cards.

A new West Virginia law (formerly S.B. 340) requires that any individual or company that owns or licenses computerized data containing the personal information of others provide notice of security breaches. The law requires notification of anyone whose unencrypted and unredacted information was accessed, or was believed to be accessed, by an unauthorized person.