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Most organizations plan to adopt new authentication solutions within two years - Enabling mobile
device authentication with biometric-based access is the best approach to eliminate passwords,
according to MobileIron. This approach creates a “best of both worlds” scenario that ensures easy
deployment, high security, and improved user productivity. EMA surveyed 150 IT and security
managers and looked at a wave of technologies—including device authentication, software and
hardware tokens, authentication keys, biometrics, behavioral analysis, certificates, and other
approaches—that have emerged to provide alternatives to traditional password-based login
processes. The report revealed that companies are poised to enter a world powered by zero
password access to business services.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/07/08/adopt-new-authentication-
solutions/

California Considers Amending New Privacy Law - Lawmakers in California's senate judiciary
committee are expected Tuesday to consider amendments to the state's new privacy law, including
several that could significantly water down the measure. The law, slated to take effect next year,
allows consumers to learn what personal information has been collected about them by companies,
have that information deleted, and prevent the sale of that data. The current measure's relatively
broad definition of “personal information” includes data that could potentially be linked to
individuals -- such as cookies, persistent identifiers, browsing history and IP addresses. The bill also
has an exception for “de-identified” information, which it defines as including data incapable of
being linked to a particular customer.

Source: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/337910/california-lawmakers-to-
take-up-amendments-to-new.html

House Lawmakers Target September, October for Data Privacy Bill, Aides Say - As talks on a data
privacy bill reportedly lose steam in the Senate, two Democratic House aides familiar with ongoing
discussions said the House Energy and Commerce Committee is targeting the end of September or
early October to introduce its own version of privacy legislation. Both aides said discussions have
started about what a bill could look like, with plans for the consumer protection subcommittee
chaired by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) to head up the effort. The sources said their offices have yet
to see a draft of the bill language.
Source: https://morningconsult.com/2019/07/08/house-lawmakers-target-september-
october-for-data-privacy-bill-aides-say/

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