Bill would require companies to report large data breaches to the US government
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05-13-2006, 09:16 AM,
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Bill would require companies to report large data breaches to the US government
A proposed bill would require companies to report large data breaches to the US government within 2 weeks of their discovery
Quote:A new bill sponsored by the infamous House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner requires private companies to report significant data breaches to the federal government within two weeks. Under the terms of the new Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006 (PDF) (H.R. 5318), failure to disclose information about the infiltration of electronic databases containing information on at least 10,000 people or information on federal employees can lead to harsh punishments, including jail time: full article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060512-6818.html |
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