Congress Should Enact Data Breach Notification Legislation, Say Tech, Telecom, Others
Congress should enact data breach notification legislation, said a letter signed by 22 trade groups representing tech, telecom and other industries, sent to House Commerce Committee leaders Thursday. The bill should include a flexible, scalable data protection standard that can…
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be adapted to companies of varying size and complexity; a timely notification regime; consistent enforcement provisions, including ability for the FTC to impose penalties for violations of the new law; and pre-emption of existing state law, said the letter. Those supporting the effort include banking, insurance and retail stakeholders and ACT|The App Association, BSA|The Software Alliance, CTIA, Internet Commerce Coalition, TechNet, 21st Century Privacy Coalition and USTelecom.