S.1490 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009

A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. as introduced.
  • Short: Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 as reported to senate.

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01/03/10
Congress Works to Revamp Privacy Laws

Dianne Feinstein; and S. 1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy. Feinstein's bill would require breach ...

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12/17/09
White House cyber czar and other security non-events of '09

But with theSenate version of the bill (Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009--S.1490) still only waiting to be considered by the full Senate, ...

Source: IDG
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12/17/09
My Turn: Cheers (and caution!), Sen. Leahy

Leahy, your fidelity to the Constitution is far from absolute even though you always and loudly state otherwise, but you should be commended for S.1490, ...

Source: BurlingtonFreePress.com
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12/17/09
My Turn: Cheers (and caution!), Sen. Leahy

...and your constituents. After all, you have been in D.C. for a long time. Can you take the Vermont out of the boy? Anyway, S.1490 is a fine piece of legislation that is long overdue, but one aspect of the legislation is somewhat disturbing, and that is t

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12/09/09
Federal data breach notification law passes in US House

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (S. 1490), introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee but has never come ...

Source: SearchSecurity.com
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11/08/09
BSA Commends Senate Judiciary Committee on Passage Data Breach Legislation

...Committee on the passage of two bills that will increase cyber security and protect consumers online. The Committee voted on S.1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009, and S.139, the Data Breach Notification Act. BSA commends Chairman L

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11/04/09
A shield deferred, once again

The committee passed three other bills, S.1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009; S.139, Data Breach Notification Act; and S. 1472, ...

Source: Radio Business Report
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11/04/09
RE: S.1490

The committee approved the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (S.1490) by a vote of 15-5. The bill is now headed to the full Senate for ...

Source: Computerworld
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11/04/09
Senate Committee Passes Data Breach Laws

...way out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today.  The committee voted yes on the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (S.1490) and the Data Breach Notification Act (S.139). The vote means the bills are now headed to the full Senate for its st

Source: eWeek
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11/04/09
Federal data protection law inches forward

...good thing, mostly to stop the growth of individual state laws with differing requirements," he said. But the provisions in S.1490 which would require breached entities to report to the government "will create an entire new set of bureaucracy within the

Source: ComputerWorld
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11/01/09
Senate poised to pass national breach-notification law -- or maybe not

She is talking about S.1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) in July and now being ...

Source: GCN.com
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10/12/09
Leahy's Bill Would Set Single Federal Standard for Data Breach Notification

Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S. 1490, once again. Previous iterations of the bill have been before the ...

Source: IT Business Edge
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