The California legislature passed an important breach notification bill authored by state Senator Joe Simitian this week, but will Governor Schwarzenegger veto this bill too, as he did the last time around in its previous incarnation? Senate Bill 1166 would mandate certain information about the breach be included in any notification. In a press release…
Category: Legislation
Yet Another Proposed Federal Data Security and Breach Notification Bill: Senators Rockefeller and Pryor Jump Into the Fray
Tanya Forsheit writes: Many of us have watched over the past few years as dozens of proposed federal data security and breach notification bills have been introduced, often with bipartisan support, but have failed to become law. This year has seen many of the usual proposals. For those of you keeping track, this year’s bills…
Senate Democrats unveil consumer privacy bill
Gautham Nagesh reports: Senior Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee introduced a bill on Thursday that would require businesses and nonprofits to implement strong security features in the event of a data breach. Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Commerce Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) unveiled the Data Breach and Security Notification…
Closing a Door on Child Identity Theft
The Identity Theft Resource Center offers a solution to the problem that has made headlines this week — young children have their pristine SSN misused to create credit histories for those who have poor credit ratings, are illegal immigrants, or have other illegal intent: Since the 1980’s, children in the US have been issued Social…
Petri bill would enlist IRS against identity theft
U.S. Rep. Tom Petri is introducing federal legislation to fix a loophole that the IRS claims prevents it from informing people if the IRS detects that their Social Security Number has been fraudulently used… … One resident of Princeton, Wis., learned that he was a victim of the fraud as a result of a call…
White House seeks comment on trusted ID plan
Grant Gross reports: The White House is seeking comment on a draft plan for establishing a trusted identity system online, with the goal of making Internet transactions more secure and convenient. Howard Schmidt, the White House cybersecurity coordinator and special assistant to President Barack Obama, released a draft version of the National Strategy for Trusted…