Senator Feinstein’s proposed data breach notification law, Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (S. 1408) has been placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 310. The bill, which I have criticized in both its past and current incarnations is an incredibly weak bill that would provide little information to affected consumers, uses vague…
Category: Breach Laws
California Amendment Mandates A.G. Notification For Major Data Breaches
A reminder that California’s new breach notification law goes into effect on January 1. From Loeb & Loeb: Under the revised law, when the security of consumer personal information is breached, the business that possessed the information must include in its notice to consumers: A list of the types of personal information that were the…
Dutch govt consults on data breach reporting obligation
The Dutch ministry of security and justice has put together a bill on the obligation to report data breaches. The Data Protection Act (WbP) is to be adjusted and the text open to consultation up to 29 February. The WbP will be extended with a generally worded obligation to report loss or theft of data…
Credit unions want merchants held to same data security standards
The Credit Union National Association is pushing for change – and although there will be pushback from the merchant sector, a lot of what CUNA is pushing for is consistent with what privacy advocates want: Data security is a critical issue and the U.S. Congress should consider legislative changes to protect consumers, such as requiring…
UK: What’s gone wrong at #ICO?
Stewart Room writes: If you’ve been keeping a close eye on developments at the Information Commissioner’s Office, then you will have detected a very clear trend when it comes to regulatory enforcement action. Basically, ICO has abandoned the monetary penalty and other statutory enforcement mechanisms, for “undertakings”. Read more on Stewart Room. I’m glad for…
Senate Panel OKs National Breach Notification Bill
Breach notification laws in most states would be preempted if legislation approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday becomes law. But that’s a big if, at least as it now stands. The 10 Democrats and eight Republicans on the committee split along party lines in approving the three different, but related measures, with overlapping provisions, aimed at strengthening privacy…