[ NNSquad ] Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Three Data Security Bills

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Three Data Security Bills

http://j.mp/oz0x9B  (CDT)

   "Three bills cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in a markup session
    yesterday, bringing federal standards for breach notification and data
    security one step closer to reality. The three bills, proposed by
    Chairman Leahy (D-VT), Senator Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator
    Feinstein (D-NH), would require businesses to develop data privacy and
    security plans and set a federal standard for notifying individuals of
    breaches of sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII).
    Chairman Leahy's Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011
    (S.1151) - presumably the most likely to see action on the Senate
    floor - also contains amendments to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,
    including welcome language to focus the statute more narrowly on
    hackers and identity thieves."

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