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Senate Introduces Strong Privacy Bill
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."
No no no, this is business as normal. Current "Republicans" are for increasing big business and Democrats for big government. Penalties against business for screwing the citizen is typically left of the Republican agenda these days. As a (mostly) Republican I am more upset that the "Republicans" in power right now really have nothing to do with what Republican ideals are supposed to be, and rather amused that the Democrats took so many seats by basically running on traditionally Republican ideals.
I am actually kind of curious on how this will jive with earlier reports of government agencies paying data miners and theives for personal information as part of the "OMFG everyone is a terrorist!" spying programs.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
This is bill from the BIAA (Banking Industry Association Of America).
If you drop support for this privacy bill thingo, we will make sure there is a "bank error in your favor"...