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Senate Commerce Committee sends bill redefining PII and requiring credit monitoring after breaches to amendment order
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10‑66 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after sponsor Sen. Ben Toews described updates to the definition of personally identifiable information and a new requirement that entities offer credit monitoring when breaches occur or are reasonably likely to occur.
At a meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee, members voted to send Senate Bill 10‑66 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after the bill sponsor described expanded definitions of personally identifiable information and a new requirement that entities offer consumer credit‑monitoring services following certain breaches.
"This bill seeks to update the definitions of personally identifiable information and to deal with identity theft and protection for consumers," said Senator Ben Toews, state senator from District 4 and sponsor of Senate Bill 10‑66. Toews walked the committee through proposed additions to the PII definition, naming passport numbers, other government–issued identification numbers, usernames or email addresses paired with a password or security question, individual…
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