• The Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 5:22 PM

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has a approved a federal data security breach law that if passed would wipe out any existing state data breach laws. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 would be the first federal rule requiring businesses to tell consumers when their personal information has been compromised. The federal law is not as strong as some of the existing state laws. For instance, it only requires companies to notify consumers in the case of financial harm, not simply if their email address was exposed.

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