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• Latest Action: Sep 22, 2010 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance . Hearings held.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance

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Supporting Organizations

• TechAmerica

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• Consumers Union

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Opposing Organizations

• American Hospital Association

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• Consumer Data Industry Association

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• States add more criteria to breach notification laws - HITECH does ... - October 31, 2010 by Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - Meanwhile in the Senate, four bills on this topic were introduced in 2010, most recently the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 3742) in August 2010. Should such federal legislation become law, it may well pre-empt the state ...

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  As noted by Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online on October 31, 2010, "Meanwhile in the Senate, four bills on this topic were introduced in 2010, most recently the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 3742) in August 2010. Should such federal legislation become law, it may well pre-empt the state ..." (http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/mhe/Letter+of+the+Law/States-add-more-criteria-to-breach-notification-la/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/692829)
• States add more criteria to breach notification laws - HITECH does ... - October 28, 2010 by Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online - Meanwhile in the Senate, four bills on this topic were introduced in 2010, most recently the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 3742) in August 2010. Should such federal legislation become law, it may well pre-empt the state ...

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  As noted by Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine Online on October 28, 2010, "Meanwhile in the Senate, four bills on this topic were introduced in 2010, most recently the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (S. 3742) in August 2010. Should such federal legislation become law, it may well pre-empt the state ..." (http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/mhe/Letter+of+the+Law/States-add-more-criteria-to-breach-notification-la/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/692829?contextCategoryId=2885)
• [News] Qundary - October 18, 2010 by RightMichigan.com - ...it. Analyzing the figures and seeing that both Marx and The Heat Miser received exponentially more money from groups that oppose S.3742, I was, naturally and logically, inclined to support the bill. However, after reading the text of the bill at govtrac

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  As noted by RightMichigan.com on October 18, 2010, "...it. Analyzing the figures and seeing that both Marx and The Heat Miser received exponentially more money from groups that oppose S.3742, I was, naturally and logically, inclined to support the bill. However, after reading the text of the bill at govtrac" (http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2010/10/19/155757/29)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Legislative outlook - August 30, 2010 by Lexology (registration) - On August 5, 2010, Senator Mark Pryor, D-Ark., introduced S. 3742, the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010,” which would require the FTC to ...

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  As noted by Lexology (registration) on August 30, 2010, " On August 5, 2010, Senator Mark Pryor, D-Ark., introduced S. 3742, the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010,” which would require the FTC to ... " (http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=61690286-98e6-44fb-afe5-a7bd4b814fe8)
• Senators introduce federal data breach notification bill - August 26, 2010 by Lexology (registration) - ... the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010,” S. 3742, which would require businesses to protect personal information in their possession, ...

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  As noted by Lexology (registration) on August 26, 2010, " ... the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010,” S. 3742, which would require businesses to protect personal information in their possession, ... " (http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=da0ad550-08af-4494-868e-826ea411095d)
• A proposed federal data security law… one more time! - August 23, 2010 by WTN News - The most comprehensive of the two, and the one garnering the most attention is S. 3742, referred to as the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of ...

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  As noted by WTN News on August 23, 2010, " The most comprehensive of the two, and the one garnering the most attention is S. 3742, referred to as the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of ... " (http://wistechnology.com/articles/7694/)