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19 March 2014

Administration throws support to legislative effort to require reporting of consumer data breaches

AG Eric H. Holder Jr. joined the group of officials calling on Congress to require companies to report data breaches that affect consumer information.
United States Privacy

CNN:  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on February 24 joined the group of administration officials calling on Congress to create a federal law requiring companies to report data breaches that affect consumer information.  Such a law would help the Justice Department pursue cybercrime investigations, Holder said in a video address. He used the recent data breach at Target, which may have compromised the records of up to 70 million customers, as an example of why such a law is necessary.  "As we've seen — especially in recent years — these crimes are becoming all too common," Holder said. "And they have the potential to impact millions of Americans every year."

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