Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law (cyberscoop.com)

New submitter unarmed8 shares a report from CyberScoop: Three Democratic senators introduced legislation on Thursday requiring companies to notify customers of data breaches within thirty days of their discovery and imposing a five year prison sentence on organizations caught concealing data breaches. The new bill, called the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, was introduced in the wake of reports that Uber paid $100,000 to cover up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million users. The scope of what kind of data breach falls under this is limited. For instance, if only a last name, address or phone number is breached, the law would not apply. If an organization "reasonably concludes that there is no reasonable risk of identity theft, fraud, or other unlawful conduct," the incident is considered exempt from the legislation.

"We need a strong federal law in place to hold companies truly accountable for failing to safeguard data or inform consumers when that information has been stolen by hackers," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said in a statement. "Congress can either take action now to pass this long overdue bill or continue to kowtow to special interests who stand in the way of this commonsense proposal. When it comes to doing what's best for consumers, the choice is clear."

Comments

Re:market forces

[Patent Lover]

I'm sure the Republicans will be all in for imprisoning the rich a-holes that they're about to give huge tax cuts to.

A National Britches Law?

[Vinegar Joe]

Well.....the Democrats and their Hollywood bros seem to be breaching them often enough without a new law.

Re:typo in the title

[uvajed_ekil]

Thank you. This always bugs me when I see it and the source ISN’T Limbaugh, et al.

Yes, it's hard to take anyone seriously when they say Democrat when it should be Democratic. When you see that, you know they're trying to push buttons, and you know where they stand. I'll take it as s typo in this case though, since the summary seems to reflect straight reporting about actions taken by Democratic senators, rather than GOP propaganda.