Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to clarify its interpretation of a critical federal law that protects the private and personal data of Americans. Recently, servers owned by Epsilon Data Management were hacked, exposing the names and e-mail addresses of millions of American consumers….
Category: Federal
Al Franken keeping eye on Epsilon breach
Tony Romm reports: Add Sen. Al Franken to the growing list of members casting a skeptical eye on Epsilon. A data breach that allowed hackers access to the names and email addresses of consumers who do business with Target, Best Buy, TiVo and other Epsilon clients led Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday to vow to “do…
Congress Has The Sense It Should Enact A Comprehensive Data Security Law
Joseph Lazzarotti writes: Together with some other U.S. Senators who have offered data security laws in recent years, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced S.21 on January 25. The bill, a “sense of Congress” bill, urges the passage of a comprehensive law to address cybersecurity, without making any changes to current law. This bill is important in that it…
Today’s Award for the Silliest Theory of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Orin Kerr, a law professor and former attorney in the DOJ who worked in the computer crimes division, has a commentary on a lawsuit involving CFAA claims that’s interesting in terms of defining the scope of what the Computer Fraud and Abuse covers – and shouldn’t cover: Today’s Award for the Silliest Theory of the…
House Approves Social Security Number Protection Act
On December 8, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010 (S. 3789), which is aimed at reducing identity theft by limiting access to Social Security numbers. The bill prohibits printing Social Security numbers, or any derivative of a Social Security number, on government-issued checks, and bars federal, state and…
House and Senate Enact Amendment of FCRA, Limit Scope of Red Flags Rule
Boris Segalis writes: The Blog of Legal Times is reporting that late on December 7, 2010 the House of Representatives passed a bill on a voice vote that amends the definition of “creditor” in the Fair and Accurate Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and, as a result, dramatically limits the scope of the Red Flags Rule. The…