[Dataloss] Industry Giants Lobby to Kill Pro-Consumer Data-Breach Legislation

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via the C|Net "surveill at nce st at te" Blog.

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In a direct slap in the face to consumers, tech industry giants including
Microsoft, AT&T, and Verizon are frantically engaged in an effort to kill
pro-consumer provisions in a data breach notification bill currently being
considered by the Indiana State Senate.

The bill would require that the state attorney general act as a single
point of contact for data breaches. Any company that suffered a breach
impacting one or more Indiana consumers would be required to notify the
AG's office. The bill would also make Indiana the only state in the country
to to require the attorney general to post a copy of each report to its Web
site--so that consumers, members of the press, and academics would have a
single place to go to in order to find out about data breaches.

At a State Senate committee meeting this morning, lobbyist after lobbyist
criticized the provision.

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More:
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9865076-46.html

- - ferg

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