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Data Security and Breach Notification Act

Introduced: November 30, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Nov 30, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 30, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Data Security and Breach Notification Act

This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to require certain entities that own or possess data containing personal information, or that contract with a third-party to maintain or process such information, to implement certain information-security policies and procedures for the treatment and protection of the information.

Such entities must provide specified notice following the discovery of a security breach of such information.

What's happening now November 30, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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