Identity Theft bill

To protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach.

2/8/2007--Introduced.
Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses electronic data containing personal information to establish security policies and procedures. Authorizes the FTC to require a standard method or methods for destroying obsolete nonelectronic data. Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a security breach notification or on FTC request. Requires the FTC to conduct or require an audit of security practices when information brokers are required to provide notification of such a breach. Authorizes additional audits after a breach. Requires information brokers to:
(1) establish procedures to verify the accuracy of information that identifies individuals;
(2) provide to individuals whose personal information it maintains a means to review it;
(3) place notice on the Internet instructing individuals how to request access to such information; and
(4) correct inaccurate information. Directs the FTC to require information brokers to establish measures which facilitate the auditing or retracing of access to, or transmissions of, electronic data containing personal information. Prohibits information brokers from obtaining or disclosing personal information by false pretenses (pretexting). Prescribes procedures for notification to the FTC and affected individuals of information security breaches. Sets forth special notification requirements for breaches:
(1) by contractors who maintain or process electronic data containing personal information;
(2) involving telecommunications and computer services; and
(3) of health information. Preempts state information security laws.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
• and 27 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Barbara Cubin [R, WY-0]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. J. Dennis Hastert [R, IL-14]
  • Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.958

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February 08, 2007

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• Feb 09, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Feb 08, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Feb 08, 2007.

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July 22, 2007 Identity theft? What identity theft?

... Data Accountability and Trust Act (HR 958), Identity Theft Prevention Act (S. 1178), and the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007 (S. 495), ...

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July 20, 2007 Identity theft? What identity theft?

... Data Accountability and Trust Act (HR 958), Identity Theft Prevention Act (S. 1178), and the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007 (S. 495), ...

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May 10, 2008 Congress "not likely" to pass anti-pretexting legislation

It's been suggested that Congress is not expected to pass new laws against pretexting before the fall elections. HR 852 and HR 958, introduced in the wake the Hewlett-Packard affair, are both currently "in committee".

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April 25, 2008 Proposed Breach Notification Law Falls Short; US Way Ahead of Canada

1558 (Coleman), HR 516 (Davis), HR 836 (Smith), HR 958 (Rush), HR 1307 (Wilson), HR 1685 (Price), and HR 2124 (Davis)." Also, at least 39 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation requiring notification of security ...

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July 23, 2007 Identity Theft Isn’t Really A Problem?

The 50-page report was developed to assist Congress with crafting all the various data breach notification legislation being proposed (the Data Security Act of 2007 (HR 1685), Data Accountability and Trust Act (HR 958), Identity Theft ...

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