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Storage Clips: House committee approves data security act

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House committee approves data security act
The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Data Accountability and Trust Act (H.R. 4127), a bill that requires companies to launch nationwide notification campaigns if the security of sensitive consumer information, such as Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers or financial data, is breached and could be used for identity theft. The act states that encrypted electronic data is "presumed" secure and that businesses that employ encryption are exempted from the nationwide notification requirement.

Introduced by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), and co-sponsored by eight members of the House, the Data Accountability and Trust Act is one of many measures lawmakers have introduced to protect sensitive consumer information in the past year. Similar laws are also under consideration in the U.S. Senate, including the Identity Theft Protection Act (S. 1408), introduced by Sen. Gordon Smith, (R-Ore.); the Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act (S. 115 and S. 751), introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.); and the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005 (S. 1789), co-sponsored by Sens. Arlen Spector, (R-Pa.) and Patrick Leahy, (D-Ver.). For more on the Specter-Lahey Act, see also

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