Fergie's Tech Blog

Data Breaches Spur Congressional Action

Brian Krebs writes in The Washington Post:

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.

posted by Fergie @ 7/18/2005 11:06:00 AM