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Government,
Administrative/Regulatory

Jan. 23, 2019

Data breach bill would create federal notification standard

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The bill aims to amend the breach notification standards by adding language that financial institutions must establish procedures to protect consumer information, “including through the provision of a breach notice in the event of unauthorized access that is reasonably likely to result in identity theft, fraud, or economic loss.”

Chris C. Schwarz

Associate
ADLI Law Group

Email: chris.schwarz@adlilaw.com

Chris focuses his practice on corporate, business transactions and civil litigation. He can be reached at .

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The Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act (H.R. 6743), recently introduced to the House of Representatives, would drastically change how consumers are notified of data breaches. Championed as a critical amendment to the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, the bill most significantly would preempt state data breach notification requirements and create a national data breach notification standard, at least for financial institutions. Doing so will have the ...

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