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Privacy legislation continues to gain momentum in Congress, driven by headlines in major papers detailing large data breaches or hacking of personal information.  Hearings were held in both the Senate and House Commerce Committees regarding legislation...read more  

MAJOR PENDING BILLS

S-21  ``Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2011''-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), it calls on Congress to act on cybersecurity and data breach legislation.

HR 1701/HR 1841/S 1207-these data breach bills include language which may restrict the use of pretexting in some instances.

S 799 "Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act" by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) would restrict collection of personal data and require consent in some instances.

HR 611, the "Best Practices Act", Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL). This data collection bill is similar to S 799

HR 1528, the "Consumer Privacy Protection Act" by Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL) also deals with data collection.

HR 978, the "Seniors Identity Protection Act," would ban Social Security numbers on Medicare and other federal identification documents.

HR 1509, the "Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011" removes the SSN from Medicare cards.

NCISS Legislative Advocate Larry Sabbath

NCISS Legislative Chair Jimmie Mesis

                        

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