Also today, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation that would establish criminal penalties for failing to notify the government of safety defects if those defects result in death or serious injury.
Nicknamed the HALT Act, the bill includes several components similar to those found in the other proposals, such as requiring schools to conduct annual climate surveys, increasing the penalties for offenders who violate existing campus safety laws, and establishing more requirements for colleges to notify students of their rights under the gender equity statute Title IX.
It also committed to notify Tamimi if it established another profile on him – an unusual undertaking, since it does not normally notify those it profiles.
Committee members are mulling a White House proposal for legislation to establish a single federal law requiring companies to notify users of breaches that expose personal information.
"There are contradictions and serious gaps throughout the law," says Pilorge. "Article five says that organisations can be 'freely established' without registration, but Article 32 flatly requires existing groups to notify the government of its intent to continue operations".
The President's legislative proposal here would establish a firm 30-day "shot clock" that companies have to notify consumers of a breach.
While the House committee discusses legislation, the Senate Commerce Committee passed a bill, sponsored by Senator John McCain of Arizona, the committee chairman, that would establish criminal penalties for knowingly violating an existing law that requires manufacturers to notify the government about defects.
It was a difficult decision to notify all our customers of the risk before we could establish the real extent of any data loss.
Under that agreement, Facebook is required to notify and get explicit permissions from users before data about them is shared beyond the privacy settings that they have established.
Hayes had to notify the unit doctor.
