EFF "Legislation & Regulation - Wyoming" Archive

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wy_hea72_hb288.law: state bill HB288 (passed as House enrolled act 72) which passed recently. The new law orders the secretary of state to develop and implement a statewide electronic filing system to allow records and documents required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state by the public; to establish a central data base for all records and documents filed electronically with the secretary of state; to provide security and protection of all information in the system and monitor the data base to ensure that unauthorized entry is not allowed; to prescribe a procedure for certification of the electronic filings by the secretary of state; and to Prescribe a key encryption [sic!] or other identification procedure for any person wishing to file records or other documents ("as used in this section 'key encryption' means a method of verifying the authenticity and authorship of electronic communication through the use of algorithms or other codes.")