Data Breach Law Unlikely This Year
Computerworld reports today (May 5, 2006):In the wake of a series of data breaches in early 2005, the U.S. Congress seemed ready to move quickly on legislation that would require companies to notify customers when their personal information had been compromised. Now, more than a year after data breaches at ChoicePoint Inc. and LexisNexis set off a national debate about identification theft and data security, time is running out for Congress to pass a law before it finishes business this year. Some proponents of a national breach notification law say it's unlikely that Congress will be able to pass a law by then. ... Two data breach notification bills have passed Senate committees and are awaiting action on the Senate floor, and two other bills are awaiting action on the House floor. A spokesman for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), an early advocate for a national data breach notification law, said he's still hopeful a law will get through Congress this year, but others are less optimistic.
I guess this shouldn't be surprising, given the general ineptness of our elected officials these days. But I am disappointed that they aren't doing more about this - and doing it faster...
Friday, May 05, 2006
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