On January 27, 2015, the Retail Industry Leaders Association's Executive Vice President of Communications and Strategic Initiatives testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on data breach regulations. In advocating for the elements of a "sound" federal data breach law, the Executive Vice President testified that the lack of a national standard increases compliance costs for multistate retailers and encouraged committee members to ensure any federal data breach law expressly preempts the patchwork of state laws currently in place.
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