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Leahy’s data breach bill’s flawed assumptions

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Dissent

The chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, is trying—after two failed attempts—to get his data breach bill made into law. But even though his bill would answer the pleas of many retailers by creating one single national standard for handling major retail data breaches, the bill’s details don’t deliver the…

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Leahy reintroduces data breach bill

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Dissent

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has reintroduced a data breach bill that would set tougher rules for government agencies and private sector firms regarding consumers’ personal information. This will be the third time around the block for the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, which has cleared the Judiciary Committee, but never come to…

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California dreaming

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Dissent

Just a pointer: Over on PogoWasRight.org, I’ve posted a commentary on what new breach data out of California’s health care sector might predict for when the HITECH Act goes into effect nationally.

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MA Regs Trumps the Feds

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Dissent

A privacy bill under consideration in Washington would significantly impact retail through provisions that would spell out how companies would have to protect customer data and what they must do if information is compromised, yet, as worrisome as that might be for some, any concern is essentially moot because a Massachusetts regulation with substantially the…

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EPIC Urges Comprehensive Strategy for ID Theft

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

From EPIC.org: With ID theft rapidly increasing in the United States, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg urged a Congressional Committee to address the root causes of the problem. In a testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Rotenberg said that the government typically acts only after the crime has occurred and warned that the problem…

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House committee approves Data Accountability and Trust Act

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dissent

The Credit Union National Association reports: H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act, passed the House subcommittee on commerce, trade, and consumer protection by a voice vote during a Wednesday markup session. The bill, which was introduced by House Subcommittee Chair Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), would require businesses to notify affected customers when outside…

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