PERSONAL INFO PROTECTION ACT
Summary
Creates the Personal Information Protection Act. Requires any person, business, or State agency conducting business in the State, and that owns or licenses computerized data that includes vulnerable personal information, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any person whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Requires any person, business, or State agency that maintains computerized data that includes vulnerable personal information that the person, business, or State agency does not own, to notify the owner or licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the data immediately following discovery, if the vulnerable personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been acquired by an unauthorized person. Provides that notice may be provided to a customer in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; or (2) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2005
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2005
Last action Jan 9, 2007
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Jan 9, 2007
Senate · Failed
Session Sine Die
Mar 18, 2005
Senate · Referred to committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
Mar 2, 2005
Senate · Referred to committee
Assigned to Executive
Feb 25, 2005
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
Co
Peter J. Roskam
RRepublican
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