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Federal Data Breach Bills Clear Senate Panel

Brian Krebs writes on Security Fix:

A key Senate committee today approved two bills that would force businesses to notify consumers if their personal or financial data is lost or stolen.

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007, sponsored chiefly by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and the panel's ranking member, Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), would require entities that experience a data breach or loss that jeopardizes sensitive personal data on consumers to notify law enforcement, consumers and credit reporting agencies.

posted by Fergie @ 5/03/2007 02:41:00 PM