In the wake of the Target stores' credit card hack, Sen. Patrick Leahy reintroduces a data privacy and protection law that he's wanted Congress to pass since 2005. January 8, 2014 3:33 PM PST Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks at a Georgetown University Law Center discussion September 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. Leahy joined former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Sen. Gary Hart in discussing 'Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: Past, Present, and Future.' (Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Maybe the fourth time will be the charm for Sen. Patrick Leahy's data privacy protections standards. Related stories: France slaps Google with fine, remedial measure RSA Conference speakers begin to bail, thanks to NSA Apology agonistes? Don't blame Snapchat -- blame yourselves Overexposed: Snapchat user info from 4.6M accounts FAA picks six projects to tackle drone technology development Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) reintroduced his data privacy protection bill to Congress on Wednesday, for the fourth time since 2005. The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act would create a national standard for how businesses would have to notify customers of data breaches, and mandate customer data protection standards for businesses that collect sensitive personal information. It would also update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act so that attempted computer hacking and conspiracy to commit computer hacking would be punishable by the same criminal penalties as the underlying offense. Leahy, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, said the committee would hold a hearing on data privacy early in the new Senate session begins. Leahy's announcement of the bill's reintroduction stated that recent Target stores' data breach was part of the impetus to reintroduce the bill, which remains unchanged from the version of the bill that was reported out of the Judiciary Committee last year.
In the wake of the Target stores' credit card hack, Sen. Patrick Leahy reintroduces a data privacy and protection law that he's wanted Congress to pass since 2005.
Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks at a Georgetown University Law Center discussion September 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. Leahy joined former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Sen. Gary Hart in discussing 'Surveillance and Foreign Intelligence Gathering in the United States: Past, Present, and Future.'
(Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Maybe the fourth time will be the charm for Sen. Patrick Leahy's data privacy protections standards.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) reintroduced his data privacy protection bill to Congress on Wednesday, for the fourth time since 2005. The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act would create a national standard for how businesses would have to notify customers of data breaches, and mandate customer data protection standards for businesses that collect sensitive personal information.
It would also update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act so that attempted computer hacking and conspiracy to commit computer hacking would be punishable by the same criminal penalties as the underlying offense.
Leahy, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, said the committee would hold a hearing on data privacy early in the new Senate session begins.
Leahy's announcement of the bill's reintroduction stated that recent Target stores' data breach was part of the impetus to reintroduce the bill, which remains unchanged from the version of the bill that was reported out of the Judiciary Committee last year.
