Ericka Chickowski writes: As the SAFE Data Act data breach law made its way to the House Energy and Commerce Committee after passing through the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade last week, security experts are wondering at the wisdom of a national data breach law that requires notification within 48 hours of a breach’s…
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Senate wades into effort to prevent data breaches
Josh Smith reports: Protecting personal information is all the rage on Capitol Hill these days, with two new data-breach bills introduced on Thursday in the Senate. Sens. Thomas Carper, D-Del., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., introduced legislation designed to prevent identity theft and account fraud. The bill, tentatively named the Data Security Act of 2011, would…
The SAFE Data Act: An admirable attempt that needs expansion
Cross-posted from PogoWasRight.org: Some of the controversy yesterday over The SAFE Data Act, introduced by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, concerns the limited definition of “personal information” in terms of what would trigger a breach disclosure and notification. Although some of the arguments appeared to follow partisan lines, the issue is not a partisan one, so…
House panel approves data breach notification bill
More on the wrangling over the SAFE Act this morning, from Grant Gross: The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s trade subcommittee approved the Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (SAFE Data Act) by a voice vote Wednesday, after hours of debate on the legislation. Democrats on the subcommittee offered several amendments in an effort to broaden the…
SAFE Data Act Passes Out of Commerce Subcommittee
John Eggerton reports: The SAFE Data Act passed out of the House commerce, Manufacturing & Trade Subcommittee Wednesday after procedural wrangling and partisan divisiveness over an issue everyone agrees on: there need to be more uniform laws on data privacy protection and breach notification. The big divide is over what personally identifiable information (PII) should…
This morning in Congress: markup of the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act
From Representative Mary Bono Mack: Responding to concerns over recent cyber attacks and other data breaches, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) has introduced legislation to ensure American consumers are appropriately protected from data theft. H.R. 2577, the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act, requires reasonable security policies and procedures to protect personal information, and…