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CDT, Groups Oppose Vote on Weak Data Breach Bill

Via The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).

CDT has joined with a group of public interest advocates to oppose a reported attempt by the House of Representatives to pass a weak data breach bill that would roll back important consumer protections.

In a letter sent to House leaders, CDT, Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Consumer Action and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, urged lawmakers not to vote on H.R. 3997, a Financial Services Committee bill which does more to protect banks than consumers.

Instead the groups urged lawmakers to vote on H.R. 4127, an Energy and Commerce Committee bill which contains stronger provisions for notifying consumers after data breaches and enables consumers to find out what is in their data broker files.

posted by Fergie @ 7/21/2006 01:20:00 PM