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 requ...

Source: Compliance Week (subscription)
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12/17/09
White House cyber czar and other s...

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

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

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

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

...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 ...

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12/09/09
Federal data breach notification l...

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (S. 1490), introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committe...

Source: SearchSecurity.com
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11/08/09
BSA Commends Senate Judiciary Comm...

...Committee on the passage of two bills that will increase cyber security and protect consumers online. The Committee voted on S.1490, t...

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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...

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...

Source: Computerworld
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11/04/09
Senate Committee Passes Data Breac...

...way out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today.  The committee voted yes on the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (S.149...

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

...good thing, mostly to stop the growth of individual state laws with differing requirements," he said. But the provisions in S.1490 whi...

Source: ComputerWorld
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12/08/10
Privacy Bills in Congress | Big Br...

[S. 1490]. Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act. To protect the privacy of patients and physicians . [H.R. 2630]. Protecting the P...

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10/03/10
Leahy's data breach bill's flawed ...

Read more of Evan Schuman's commentary on S.1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009, on StorefrontBacktalk. This entry w...

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09/18/10
CAPITOL WATCH: Privacy, Data Secur...

S. 139 Data Breach Notification Act Text/Summary; S. 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009Text/Summary. Pending in Senate B...

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09/16/10
Bill Action: Introduced: S. 1490: ...

23 May 2007

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09/14/10
CAPITOL WATCH: Privacy, Data Secur...

S. 139 Data Breach Notification Act Text/Summary; S. 1490 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009Text/Summary. Pending in Senate B...

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09/08/10
Cyber Security News Wrap-up for No...

S.1490 – Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide noti...

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08/27/10
What paves the road to our securit...

S. 1490, currently in Congress is very similar to the Commonwealth 201 CMR 17, 00 However, there are 10 private organizations against hea...

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08/24/10
The Dunning Letter: Public apathy ...

Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 (S.1490), with the last action the end of 2009, wher...

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08/22/10
The BEST posible PROTECTION for yo...

S.1490 – Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide noti...

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08/18/10
Senate Panel Clears Data Breach Bills

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, or S. 1490, designates as fraud unauthorized access of sensitive personally identifiable info...

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