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Re: 40 U.S. Senators Offer BiPartisan Data Breach Bill

Thomas A. Horsley (tom.horsley@att.net)
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:49:12 GMT

> Businesses and consumers have urged the Republican-controlled Congress
> to pass a national version of the California notification law.

But notification is the least of the problems. Most companies won't
even know they've been hacked (the most recent problem only showed up
when they started working backwards from bogus charges noticed by
consumers).

What is needed is enforcement of better standards for protecting the
data in the first place.

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