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Senate Introduces Strong Privacy Bill

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-yourself-at-all-times dept.

amigoro writes "US Senators introduced a bill that better protects the privacy of citizens' personal information in the face of data security breaches across the country. Key features of the bipartisan legislation include increasing criminal penalties for identity theft involving electronic personal data and making it a crime to intentionally or willfully conceal a security breach involving personal data."

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  1. wait a minute, I'm confused by jimstapleton · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Isn't this the Republicans domain, increasing privacy?

    Aren't the Democrats in power now in congress? Didn't the opposite happen with the Reps?

    When did hell freeze over, and why wasn't I informed.

    I swear US politics is such a screwed up thing, and it just keeps getting worse.

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