On privacy laws, every state is one of confusion
Complying with a plethora of state privacy laws is tough. Focus on their common elements. All the time, it seems, another state is coming up with a new law for protecting consumers" sensitive data. At least 23 have passed a security breach notification l...
House passes data breach bill
A bill that would require all federal agencies to strengthen their protection of sensitive information has passed the House and now moves on to the Senate. The language is part of a larger bill, the Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006. Rep. ...
EU Compliance Looms for Stateside IT
Storage managers in the U.S. may have finally come to grips with Sarbanes Oxley, but if their firms want to do business in Europe they should brace themselves for even more compliance headaches over the next few years. (See AMR Sees $6B in SOX Spending and...
Bill Would Require U.S. Agencies To Disclose Theft Of Sensitive Data
Legislation that would require federal agencies to disclose data breaches involving sensitive information was introduced in the House Monday by Rep. Tom Davis, R.-Va., chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. Such a bill would put government agen...
Congressman Says Senate Phone Privacy Bill Not Strong Enough
A U.S. Senate bill that prohibits impersonating someone to obtain their telephone records without permission is not strong enough, a top House of Representatives lawmaker told Reuters Tuesday. Privacy of telephone records has gained attention since comput...
USB memory sticks pose new dangers
The ability to use tiny USB memory sticks to download and walk away with relatively large amounts of data has already made the ubiquitous devices a potent security threat in corporate environments. Now, the emergence of USB flash drives that can store and ...
Survey: Corporate Boards Value Info Over Privacy
About 73 percent of corporate board members in a recent survey said that board chairpersons should have the power to use any legal means to identify the source of confidential leaks. Fifty-three percent said they believed it is permissible to follow indi...