U.S. Senate Hearing on Data Protection

This Act would give the Federal Trade Commission the authority to require a wide range of commercial and nonprofit entities to establish security practices to protect personal information, including social security numbers and certain financial information.  Entities also would be required to notify individuals in the event of a breach of such information.  Hogan Lovells US LLP partner Melissa Bianchi testified before the Subcommittee about the effect this legislation would have on HIPAA covered entities, on behalf of the American Hospital Association.  A link to the hearing and video is available at http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings.

Authored by HL Chronicle of Data Protection Team.