Several Democrats and industry groups say they are concerned a number of “broadly supported” cybersecurity bills could be threatened by a partisan data breach notification bill, The Hill reports. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said, “I would be concerned if the measures tied together in a way that slowed down the progress of cyber.” Next week, Congress is expected to take up a number of cybersecurity bills, including two in the House and one in the Senate. According to The Christian Science Monitor, a coalition of 65 cybersecurity professionals and academics have asked Congress to scrap three versions of the cyber bills due to privacy concerns. Meanwhile, Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) have introduced new federal data security legislation, called the Data Security Act. Editor’s Note: On Thursday, Privacy Tracker reported on the markup of the controversial House data breach notification bill.
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