President Obama To Formulate New Data Hacking And Student Privacy Laws.

President Obama To Formulate New Data Hacking And Student Privacy Laws.

President Obama wants new legislation to be passed by Congress that will require companies to inform their customers within thirty days if they have been hacked.

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If he has his way, President Obama wants new legislation to be passed by Congress that will require companies to inform their customers within thirty days if they have been hacked.

The measure aims at trying to prevent companies from misusing or selling personal student data to third parties and to prevent misuse of personal information collected in school for targeted marketing at any point of time. Legislation Seeks To Prevent Misuse of Customer Information

Recent hacking incidents and breaches of security at many companies have exposed the lack of any uniform practice in alerting customers if any security breach takes place. If it is passed by Congress, this proposed Personal Data Notification and Protection Act will require companies in the US to inform their customers about the breach within thirty days of being compromised. It will also seek to make it illegal to see the details and identities of customers overseas.

It would be a great thing if the Nigerian president can formulate such law in Nigeria. Protection of lives and property should be the number one priority.

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