is a reminder that developing a comprehensive national strategy to protect data privacy and cybersecurity remains one of the most challenging and important issues facing our nation.The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act will help to meet this challenge, by better protecting Americans from the growing threats of data breaches and identity theft.
As per the new legislation proposed by Senator Leahy, companies with databases containing sensitive customer information would be required to establish and implement in-house data privacy and security programs and adopt a nationwide standard for informing the US law authorities and citizens about this breaches.
It also proposes new penalties against the companies if it is proved that they have intentionally and wilfully concealed evidence of a breach or hacking.
This is a comprehensive bill that not only addresses the need to provide Americans with notice when they have been victims of a data breach, but that also deals with the underlying problem of lax security and lack of accountability to help prevent data breaches from occurring in the first place
so that attempted computer hacking and conspiracy to commit computer hacking offenses are subject to the same criminal penalties, as the underlying offenses.
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