Data Breaches Spur Congressional Action; Law Would Trump State Measures

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12 September 2006 at 10:19 a.m. ET

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By Brian Krebs, WashingtonPost.com

A bipartisan group of senators last week introduced legislation to create a national data privacy law that would require businesses and other organizations to disclose data breaches that result in the loss of consumers’ personal information.

The bill — sponsored by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) — is the latest congressional proposal prompted by a series of highly publicized data breaches.

Smith said the bill was designed to hold companies more accountable for failing to secure the data they collect and maintain about their customers.

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Data Breaches Spur Congressional Action; Law Would Trump State Measures

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