BNA's Web Watch - Data Security Breaches and Consumer Notification(June 2005)

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Hearing entitled "Enhancing Data Security: The Regulators’ Perspective."
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Opening Statement of Chairman Spencer Bachus
Opening Statement of Representative Rubèn Hinojosa

Prepared Testimony
Ms. Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
Ms. Sandra Thompson, Deputy Director, Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mr. Robert M. Fenner, General Counsel, National Credit Union Administration

House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Securing Consumers’ Data: Options Following Security Breaches (May 11, 2005)

Member Statements
The Honorable Joe Barton
The Honorable Cliff Stearns

Witnesses
Ms. Jennifer Barrett Chief Privacy Officer Acxiom Corporation
Mr. Steven Buege - Senior Vice President - Business Information, News and Public Records, North American Legal
Thomson West
Mr. Oliver I. Ireland - Partner, Financial Services Practice Group Morrison and Foerster LLP On behalf of: Visa USA
Mr. Daniel Burton - Vice President of Government Affairs - Entrust, Inc.
Mr. Daniel J. Solove - Associate Professor of Law - George Washington University Law School

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (5/10/2005)
Hearing on Identity Theft/Data Broker Services

Opening Remarks
The Honorable Ted Stevens - Committee Chairman (R-AK)
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye- Committee Co-Chairman (D-HI)

Panel 1
Mr. Kurt Sanford - President & CEO, U.S. Corporate and Federal Government Markets, LexisNexis
Mr. Douglas C. Curling - President and Chief Operating Officer, ChoicePoint, Inc.
Ms. Jennifer Barrett - Chief Privacy Officer, Acxiom Corporation
Mr. Paul Kurtz - Executive Director, Cyber Security Industry Alliance
Mr. Marc Rotenberg - President and Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Ms. Mari Frank - Mari Frank, Esq. & Associates

Committee on Financial Services
Hearing: "Assessing Data Security: Preventing Breaches and Protecting Sensitive Information." Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Opening Statement of Chairman Michael G. Oxley
Opening Statement of Representative Michael N. Castle
Opening Statement of Representative Paul E. Gillmor
Opening Statement of Representative Rubèn Hinojosa

Prepared Testimony
Ms. Barbara Desoer, Global Technology, Service & Fulfillment Executive, Bank of America
Mr. Eugene Foley, President & CEO, Harvard University Employees Credit Union
Mr. Don McGuffey, Senior Vice President for Data Acquisition and Strategy, ChoicePoint
Mr. Kurt P. Sanford, President & CEO, U.S. Corporate & Federal Government Markets, LexisNexis
Mr. Bestor Ward, President, Safe Archives-Safe Shredding, LLC

Senate Judiciary Committee
"Securing Electronic Personal Data: Striking a Balance Between Privacy and Commercial and Governmental Use " (April 13, 2005)

Testimony
Deborah Platt Majoras
Chris Swecker
Larry D. Johnson
The Honorable William H. Sorrell
Douglas C. Curling
Kurt Sanford
Jennifer T. Barrett
James Dempsey
Robert Douglas

Member Statements
The Honorable Patrick Leahy
The Honorable Russ Feingold

US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information (March 10, 2005)

Member Statements