Trouble for new data breach bill?

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New draft legislation to protect people after their data may have been stolen is running into some quick opposition on Capitol Hill. Mere hours after Reps Peter Welch (D-VT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) unveiled their Data Security and Breach Notification Act, a pair of key House Democrats, Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), is calling it a non-starter.

“Data breaches can create serious harm to consumers and businesses alike, and this bill does not provide solutions,” Ranking Member Pallone and Ranking Member Schakowsky said in a joint statement. “We have numerous concerns about the weakening of consumer protections overall, as well as the dilution of protections for customers of telecommunications and cable services." The early opposition may not be a total deathblow to the bipartisan bill, but it is certainly an indication that many Democrats are likely to rally against it.


Trouble for new data breach bill?