Portman, Carper Call for New Data Security, Breach Notice Law (1)

Top lawmakers on a Senate investigations subcommittee are calling for new data security and breach notification legislation, after several high-profile data scandals.

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said he wanted to work with other lawmakers on legislation that “ensures both the protection of consumer data and prompt notification when data is compromised,” during a subcommittee hearing on data breaches.

The CEOs of Equifax Inc. and Marriott International Inc. both testified before the subcommittee. Equifax suffered a hack in 2017 that exposed the sensitive information of more than 145 ...