House introduces bill to set forth a national standard in case of data breaches

On March 26, 2015, the House of Representative introduced bill H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2015. Among other purposes, the bill aims at establishing a national data breach notification standard for business entities reaching a certain threshold.

The bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 26, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

More information on bill H.R. 1704 is available at https://www.govtrack.us…                                      Open Pdf

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