Data breach bills resurface in Congress

Iria · Feb 8, 2007, 01:21 AM

Source: News.com
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Concealing security breaches in which personal consumer information may have been swiped could carry prison time under a pair of sweeping proposals that resurfaced Tuesday in Congress.

In the U.S. Senate, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy and Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter revived a version of their Personal Data Privacy Act that was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last year but died before a floor vote. The senators first proposed an even broader version of the sweeping measure in 2005 after word of high-profile breaches at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, two major collectors of consumer information.

Feb 8, 2007, 01:21 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Data breach bills resurface in Congress Source: News.com ___________ Concealing security breaches in which personal consumer information may have been swiped could carry prison time under a pair of sweeping proposals that resurfaced Tuesday in Congress. In the U.S. Senate, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy and Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter revived a version of their Personal Data Privacy Act that was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last year but died before a floor vote. The senators first proposed an even broader version of the sweeping measure in 2005 after word of high-profile breaches at ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, two major collectors of consumer information.