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InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark |
Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.  |
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark |
ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.  |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.  |
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Gregg Keizer |
ID Theft in Regulatory Spotlight The growing online menace of identity and data theft has resulted in the introduction of another bill to address the problem. The Identify Theft Protection Act is the 10th identity theft bill put into play this session.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Takes up Data Security Law FTC commissioners set to testify before panel that will enforce any new data privacy laws.  |
InternetNews May 18, 2005 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Disclosure Overkill? The FTC tells a House panel that the trigger time for data breach notifications should be carefully weighed.  |
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
When Is a Breach a Breach? If you think there's hope for a national data breach notification law, consider this: Congress can't decide what a breach is. Really.  |
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.  |
InternetNews February 2, 2007 Roy Mark |
Congress, White House Dinged on Cyber Security Lawmakers' inability to pass legislation and the administration's lack of leadership earn D's in annual report card from CSIA.  |
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark |
VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.  |
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.  |
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Law: Why Tech Doesn't Get It A national disclosure law is gaining steam but tech appears only steamed.  |
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.  |
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark |
Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."  |
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach.  |
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...  |
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.  |
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark |
Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.  |
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest |
Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.  |
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier |
Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.  |
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.  |
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs |
Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.  |
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.  |
PC Magazine July 10, 2003 Sebastian Rupley |
California's Two-Fisted Privacy Stance A new state identity-theft law actually extends far beyond the state.  |
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.  |
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.  |
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.  |
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Tables Data-Breach Law Talk Any hope of a U.S. House data-breach disclosure law this year fizzled away Thursday in the face of opposition from Democrats who contend the legislation lacks enforcement teeth.  |
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Preps ID Theft Law Republicans and Democrats have reached a compromise on legislation mandating data brokers disclose to consumers certain unencrypted breaches of their personal information.  |
InternetNews April 13, 2005 Roy Mark |
Data Brokers Step Into Senate Panel's Fire Compliance with the California law on disclosing data breaches has resulted in a series of embarrassing public-data hijacking admissions. The Senate is now grilling data brokers and considering federal legislation.  |
InternetNews October 20, 2010 |
McAfee Names Top 10 Social Security Number Traps At the kickoff of National Protect Your Identity Week, software security vendor McAfee advises users to exercise caution when sharing their Social Security numbers with colleges, government agencies and other groups.  |
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Less Data, More Security Will data minimization be the key to enhancing data security? Experts say it's a trend to watch.  |
InternetNews June 20, 2007 Roy Mark |
Getting More Money to ID Theft Victims FTC sends another 2,400 reimbursement forms to consumers victimized by ChoicePoint's 2004 data breach.  |
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.  |
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?  |
Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan |
2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.  |
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
Feinstein Tightens ID Theft Proposal California Democrat calls for national notification law just before Senate hearing.  |
InternetNews May 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
How Broad a Data Breach Disclosure Law? ChoicePoint and Bank of America throw support behind national disclosure law as Congress mulls the details.  |
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.  |
PC World October 2003 Andrew Brandt |
Privacy Watch: California Law Protects Us All From Security Breaches New identity theft statute likely to help consumers everywhere.  |
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford |
Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.  |
InternetNews January 7, 2011 |
ITRC Seeks Full Data Breach Disclosure With major data breaches on the rise, the Identity Theft Resource Center is urging the formation of a centralized, searchable repository for the public to keep track of what institutions have seen their information compromised.  |
CRM June 1, 2005 Marshall Lager |
Fear and Loathing in the Database A company's CRM system might make it vulnerable to hackers, but with risk comes opportunity.  |
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Paul Shread |
Bank's Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices Senators consider legislation after Bank of America's admission that the company lost data tapes containing federal workers' customer and account information.  |
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Data Breach Bill Democrats protest that the Data Accountability and Trust Act will have little or no effect.  |
InternetNews July 13, 2009 |
Report: 85 Percent of U.S. Businesses Breached A new report has a recommendation for organizations that fear a breach and the reporting requirements that go with it.  |
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.  |
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.  |