February 02, 2007

House Data Privacy Bill Targets Retailers

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said he plans to craft a bill that would exempt companies from disclosing data breaches, provided they secure the data with encryption software or other technology that would render it virtually unreadable if it fell into the wrong hands.

Data Privacy Bill Expected to Target Retailers, Banks, Washington Post, February 2, 2007.