With backing from the business community, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a proposal for a national standard to alert consumers of corporate data breaches.
The Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, which Obama announced at the Federal Trade Commission, would replace the patchwork of state and federal breach notification laws with a comprehensive statute. Under the president’s plan, companies would have up to 30 days to tell their customers about a breach.
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