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…
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Without proper laws governing public disclosure of data security hacks, Canadians remain at risk.
Lawyer Jonathan Penney writes: Another day, another hack. Apple, Sony, Citigroup, and Lockheed Martin are just some of the big-name companies afflicted by recent cyber-security breaches. Canada has not been spared. Beyond the attacks on the federal Treasury and Finance Departments, Sony, Husky Energy, and Honda have all had Canadian branches or units compromised in…
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…
Russia Amends Federal Data Protection Law; Privacy Enforcement on the Rise
Boris Segalis writes: Last week, the upper house of Russia’s federal legislature approved amendments to the country’s federal data protection law. The amendments impose detailed information security requirements on businesses that process personal data and revise some of the statute’s data subject consent provisions.The amended law will come into force when it is published in the…