Data Breach Notification Bills Passed by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

On Thursday The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills that would require organizations with data breaches to report them to potential victims.

The first bill The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act would require agencies and businesses to report data breaches to victims whose personal information “has been, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed, or acquired.”  Agencies and businesses would also have to report large data breaches to the U.S. Secret Service.

The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act would also require that organizations that maintain personal data give notice to potential victims and law-enforcement authorities when they have a data breach.

The second bill would require the U.S. government to establish rules protecting privacy and security when it uses information from commercial data brokers.

Now both bills are headed to the Senate for votes.