Senate Introduces Strong Privacy Bill

amigoro writes "US Senators introduced a bill that better protects the privacy of citizens' personal information in the face of data security breaches across the country. Key features of the bipartisan legislation include increasing criminal penalties for identity theft involving electronic personal data and making it a crime to intentionally or willfully conceal a security breach involving personal data."

So does this mean...

[Anonymous Coward]

... that you have to disclose each time a clients personal data is stored on/accessed from a computer running windows?

Re:A little late isn't it?

[mfh]

I thought that horse was already out of the barn.

I'm sorry to inform you, sir, that your horse had to be sent to the glue factory. Please sign here.

Re:I don't want a new privacy law...

[elrous0]

It's a sad day when the Attorney General of the United States can get up in public and openly proclaim [slashdot.org] that U.S. citizens don't have a right of Habeas Corpus. Forget the corporations, protect me from *HIM*!

-Eric

Re:A little late isn't it?

[Lord Ender]

You're out of touch.

The constitution is not some sort of binary comparison test. It must be interpreted. If such a law were in place, it would be used as a political weapon more powerful than impeachment. It could shut down government entirely. If one party were to gain control of the Supreme Court, they could imprison their opponents to prison.

No, that's a terrible idea you have.