Federal Data Breach Bill Passes House

[David Shettler <dave () opensecurityfoundation org>]

Yesterday, for the first time ever, a data breach notification bill
actually came to a vote in the United States Congress. The House of
Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 2221, the Data
Accountability and Trust Act. This bill and others have been
introduced many times over the past several sessions of Congress, but
unlike other similar bills and this bills' predecessors, H.R. 2221 not
only came out of committee, but was voted on and passed.

This bill is similar in nature to multiple state breach notification
laws that have already been passed. Here are some highlights:

H.R. 2221 defines personal information as, "an individual's first name
or initial and last name, or address, or phone...[snip]

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