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Data Security and Breach Notification Act

Introduced: November 30, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 30, 2017
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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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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 30, 2017
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2179: Data Security and Breach Notification Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2179/
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"S. 2179: Data Security and Breach Notification Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2179/.
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S. 2179, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2179/.
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