Technology industry association leaders who testified Thursday before a House subcommittee hearing on whether legislation is needed for data breach reporting called for Congress to pre-empt state laws on data breaches. But at least one witness opposed such preemption.
“There is a growing and exceptionally strong case to be made for the creation of a national data breach notification framework that supersedes state data breach laws,” said Dan Liutikas, chief legal officer of Washington- based Computing Technology Industry Association, a trade group for the computer hardware manufacturers, software developers and other information technology specialists.
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Healthcare organizations seeking to maximize the number of patient records they can expose through a given security breach should consider contracting for professional help.
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