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Senate committee advances privacy-breach notice bill with amendments; effective date deferred to 2050
Summary
The Hawaii Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee on Feb. 19 advanced SB1038, which updates definitions in the state's security-breach notice law and adds certain insurance licensees to a list of businesses deemed compliant; the committee adopted multiple stakeholder amendments and set a defective effective date of July 1, 2050.
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection on Feb. 19 recommended passage of SB1038 with amendments, adopting changes proposed by the Office of Consumer Protection, the Hawaii Bankers Association and the State Privacy and Security Coalition and deferring the bill's effective date to July 1, 2050.
SB1038 would add definitions for “identifier” and “specified data element” and amend the definition of “personal information” used to determine when businesses must notify people after data and security breaches. The measure also names licensees subject to Hawaii’s insurance data security law among businesses treated as compliant with security-breach notice…
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