S. 1151, The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011
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S. 1151 would prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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(Log in to editLatest Major Action: 11/7/2011: By Senator Leahy from Committee on the wikiJudiciary filed written report. Report No. 112-91. Additional and be the first to update the status of the bill!)Minority views filed.
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Andy Johnson
November 2, 2011, 7:59pm (report abuse)Protecting Personal Data? More like protecting pirated data.
Personal data is pirated data.
Identity protection is a myth and a lame excuse for people to get away from their online theft. Using online banks to steal money and other copyrighted data for their own.
Put these Pirated data thieves and their so called "Identity protection" myth in jail.
VOTE NO
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