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Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Eileen Colkin Cuneo	Dealing With Data Theft After the Fact When a security breech occurs, a company handling it right can flip the negative into a positive and earn customers' respect and appreciation. If they handle it wrong, and the business will fight the stigma of being an untrustworthy organization indefinitely.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Glen Fest	Banks Flounder in Muddy Data-Regulation Waters Is new interagency guidance that clear?
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs	Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	When Is a Breach a Breach? If you think there's hope for a national data breach notification law, consider this: Congress can't decide what a breach is. Really.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
InternetNews June 11, 2010	Feds Reassessing Breach Notification Laws Data breaches small and large continue to plague consumers and businesses at a record pace and lawmakers at all levels of government are now considering more proactive legislation to help thwart identity theft.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Holly Sraeel	Accountability at Issue in Data Security Failings Enforcing stiffer criminal penalties is one way to hold merchants and data brokers more accountable. This is good news for banks.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
Bank Technology News April 2007 Holly Sraeel	In the U.S., Privacy Isn't Always Convenient, Or Wanted While banks nationwide wrestle to comply with state privacy and breach notification laws, the TJX phenomenon brings the issue of consumer privacy into sharper focus: If Americans are inconvenienced in any way, they'll forgo privacy.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Melanie Rodier	How Are U.S. Businesses and Lawmakers Responding to Data Breaches? Nearly 77 million individuals have been affected by data breaches so far this year. But even after suffering a data breach, many businesses failed to implement encryption solutions or seek legal counsel.
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Closing the Door on Criminals Banks need a consistent approach to fraud assessment and prevention, otherwise they will never truly get ahead of the problem.
InternetNews April 1, 2010	New Law Aims to Shore Up Retail Data Security Banks get a break in Washington, one of a growing number of states enabling them to recoup money lost from ID theft and data breaches.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Dean Foust	ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm Law enforcement officials say the criminals tend not to follow through after stealing personal data.
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit Veterans groups file lawsuit against VA seeking damages for veterans exposed to identity theft.
Managed Care November 2006 Ed Silverman	Loss of Protected Patient Information Real Danger for Health Care Plans There are plenty of ways that confidential data can escape managed care organizations, and the consequences can be major. Can you trust your employees?
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Takes up Data Security Law FTC commissioners set to testify before panel that will enforce any new data privacy laws.
Bank Technology News July 2005	Securing Customer Data Gets Tougher Each Day When bankers refer to fraud publicly, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve human beings. But behind the recent spate of data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem. Want to make a CEO wince? Talk about fraud in real terms.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Karen Krebsbach	Data Theft: States Force the Issue Of Customer Notification Regulators reiterate guidance for banks.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
U.S. Banker March 2003 Melissa Solomon	Is California Asking for Too Much Information? A new law is aimed at protecting customers from identity theft. The disclosures finance companies make could be embarrassing. Not telling could hurt even more.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Less Data, More Security Will data minimization be the key to enhancing data security? Experts say it's a trend to watch.
Bank Systems & Technology April 7, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Security Outlook A plethora of high-profile data breaches and concerns about identity theft have put the banking industry on high alert. To secure their information assets, banks must implement a cross-channel, multilayered approach that extends beyond technology.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Rebecca Sausner	Cyber Security: Insurance Not Standard Yet, But Choices Abound Typical policies now offer a range of protections, as data breaches become more problematic. But at what point should premiums be spent instead on shoring up security?
InternetNews July 10, 2009 Alex Goldman	Calif. Heath Firms Claim 800+ Breaches in 2009 New laws prompt an overwhelming number of reported incidents of inappropriate data access.
PC Magazine May 1, 2009 Matthew D. Sarrel	Identity Theft: It's Out of Your Hands The most important thing you have is you, right? And online, you are your identity. If xyz.com doesn't value you enough to keep you safe, then does that company really deserve your business?
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Alex Goldman	The Offline Vulnerability of Personal Data Organizations cannot substitute technology for common sense in the handling of personal information, warns a new report.
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Rebecca Sausner	Cyber Security: Data Breach Insurance Gains in Popularity As data breaches become more frequent, insurance policies offer a range of protections. But should money spent on premiums be spent on shoring up security instead?
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
Insurance & Technology October 31, 2006 Katherine Burger	Lost Opportunities Security is costly, and failed security is even more costly.
Bank Systems & Technology January 30, 2005 Ivan Schneider	What's In Your Toilet? A court ruling in a case involving identity theft leaves banks off the hook easy.
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier	Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.
InternetNews August 9, 2010	New Federal Data Breach Bill Debuts in Senate The new bill is getting early support from prominent Democrats and could require enterprises meet tighter security measures and new notification rules.
InternetNews September 24, 2010	FTC Issuing Slim Payments to ChoicePoint Victims Following a settlement stemming from the latest breach from data integrator ChoicePoint, the Federal Trade Commission is distributing paltry compensation to the victims.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.
Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.
CIO March 9, 2012 Stephanie Overby	IT Service Providers and Customers Battle Over Data Breaches IT outsourcing providers and their customers are fighting hard over data security liability limits at the negotiating table, and the issue is going to get more contentious in the cloud.