Senate committee backs sending bill updating ‘personally identifiable information’ rules to amendment order

Senate Bill 1066, which would broaden Idaho’s definition of personally identifiable information (PII) and require affected entities to offer credit monitoring after certain data breaches, was sent to the fourteenth order for possible amendment by the Senate Commerce Committee on a voice vote.

Senator Ben Toews, state senator from District 4 and sponsor of the bill, told the committee, “This bill seeks to update, the definitions of personally identifiable information and to, deal with identity theft and protection for consumers.” He walked members through proposed additions to the PII definition that include passport numbers, other government-issued identification card numbers, usernames or email addresses combined with a password or security question, individual medical history or DNA profile, and “unique biometric data generated…