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Privacy Momentum Increases in Congress
Three major privacy bills were introduced in the US Senate yesterday. After
a very slow start to the year on privacy legislation, publicity over recent
data breaches has energized legislators.
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer
Protection, Product Safety and Insurance, introduced S-1207, the "Data
Security and Breach Notification Act." Like the House bill that was the
subject of a hearing yesterday, it would require that entities holding
personal information takes measures to secure it and to notify consumers in
the event of a breach. But unlike Representative Bono Mack's bill, the
Senate measure includes additional requirements on "data brokers". The broad
definition could be construed to include private investigators.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA) reintroduced her bill to limit the display
and sale of Social Security numbers. S-1199, the "Protecting the Privacy of
Social Security Numbers Act" includes a "business to business" exception to
limitations of the use of SSN's. NCISS prefers specific language in
legislation to make clear that access to SSN's be available for the conduct
of lawful investigations.
Also, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced S-1212, a bill which would
prohibit the use of GPS tracking devices. It is the companion to legislation
introduced previously in the House by Rep.Chaffetz (R-UT).
The Legislative Committee will be reviewing all these bills and is working
to communicate the concerns of the profession to Members of Congress.
Keeping the profession informed,
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Jimmie Mesis 
NCISS Legislative Chairman
NCISS
7501 Sparrows Point Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21219-1927
(800) 445-8408 . Fax: (410)
388-9746
jim@nciss.org
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