Momentum for federal data breach notification legislation inched forward on Tuesday during a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill. Witnesses representing the tech and retail industries; Acxiom, as well as a law professor, testified about what would make an appropriate bill. Though lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle backed a bipartisan effort to pass a federal standard, there still is not agreement on what level of preemption a federal law would have on existing state laws, whether there should be a harm-based trigger and who should be responsible for notification. This report for The Privacy Advisor looks into yesterday’s hearing to reveal some of the sticking points on the breach notification issue.
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