[ga] Feinstein introduces data security bills

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  Bully for Sen. Feinstein and Snowe!  Long overdue IMHO...

  It's my belief that amendments will be offered that will further
restrict the use, decimation, and/or private sector business
requirements of private and personal information to include
Whois data, drivers license, physical address, personal phone
numbers, and encryption security keys in either the private
or public sectors.

See:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Tuesday introduced a pair of data
security bills -- one that would require businesses to notify
consumers in the event of a security breach and another, co-sponsored by
Sens. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, would ban the sale
or display of an individual's Social Security number without his or her
consent.

   The legislation, which she also offered in the 110th Congress, was
part of a package of "first day" bills she sponsored as members returned
to Capitol Hill, according to a release.

   Specifically, her breach bill would require a federal agency or
business entity to quickly notify an individual of a security breach
involving personal data and would require notice to the Secret Service
if records of more than 10,000 individuals are obtained or if the 
database breached contains more than a million entries, is owned by 
the federal government, or involves national security or law
enforcement. 
The Social Security measure would prohibit federal, state and local 
governments from displaying the numbers on records posted online or 
from printing them on government checks. It would also place limits 
on when businesses can ask customers for their Social Security numbers.

     Full story:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090107_1108.php?zone=ngtoday

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