S 2289
115th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018
Introduced: January 10, 2018
Introduced by:
Warren, Elizabeth
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2018
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-361.
Jan 10, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018
This bill creates the Office of Cybersecurity within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that, in part, must:
- supervise, evaluate, and regulate specified agencies' management of data security;
- examine agencies annually for compliance with regulations;
- investigate an agency in the event of a breach covered by the bill or suspected noncompliance with regulations, and report on any findings of such investigation; and
- coordinate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security.
The office is authorized to: (1) investigate an agency's compliance with regulations regarding any data breach, and (2) enjoin an agency from violating specified regulations.
Specified consumer reporting agencies, in part, must:
- provide the office with information relating to security measures,
- demonstrate reasonable data protection measures, and
- notify the FTC of a covered breach.
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations and directs the FTC to enforce compliance.
What's happening now
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-361.
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