House Committee Approves Revised Data Security Legislation - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved a version of data security legislation that, in addition to providing a nationwide standard for notifying consumers about data security breaches, would give consumers the right to review information in their data broker files. The bill represents a substantial improvement over the version approved at the subcommittee level last year, and is significantly stronger than an alternative bill approved by the House Financial Services Committee earlier this month. The overall prospects for enacting federal data security legislation this year remain uncertain, as it would require reconciling the multiple bills on the subject that have been proposed by several committees in both the House and Senate. March 29, 2006

• Joint letter of support [PDF] March 28, 2006
• CDT Policy Post: Data Security September 07, 2005
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