Retailers urge Congress to boost consumer protections in data breaches

[Audrey McNeil <audrey () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-data-breach-law-20150318-story.html


The world's largest retail trade group urged Congress to tighten consumer
protections for data breaches that have plagued retailers and other
companies in recent years.

In testimony before a congressional subcommittee on technology, David
French of the National Retail Federation on Wednesday said the government
should expand liability protection for people using debit cards, pass a
nationwide notification law that will inform all parties handling sensitive
data in the event of a breach, and boost the prosecution of cybercriminals.

"We should not be satisfied with simply determining what to do after a data
breach occurs," said French, the group's senior vice president for
government relations.

The push by the National Retail Federation comes at a time when many
corporations -- including Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus -- have been
targeted by hackers plundering customer information.

As a safeguard, some U.S. retailers have said they will adopt debit and
credit cards with embedded microchips, already used in many other
countries, in place of cards with magnetic strips that store personal
information, which can be more easily counterfeited.

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