US President Barack Obama Proposes New Privacy and Data Breach Laws

[engine]

It's ironic that one of the official bodies had its twitter account hacked only a few hours after this speech.

The important one for consumers is the privacy control, which, currently, appears to be greatly lacking.

One will require companies to let customers know within 30 days if their personal information went astray in a data breach.

Another will attempt to give people more control over what can be done with the data companies gather about them.

The third law would ban educational software makers from selling data they collect from students. US President Barack Obama Proposes New Privacy and Data Breach Laws [bbc.co.uk]

[aristotle]

With the majority of the U.S. Congress currently under the control of Big Business and their lobbyists, there's not much chance that most of this will ever be passed into law.

[tangor]

... or that it the bills will be so massive they can't be read... and will include a back door to the US Gubermint (sic) to know the spending/viewing practices of every (internet) citizen.