Justice Dept. drafting legislation for law enforcement notification in U.S. data-breach bill

The Justice Department is developing model legislation for lawmakers to consider in long-standing efforts to enact a national data-breach notification law, according a senior DOJ official testifying before a Senate subcommittee.

“The Department has been actively evaluating statutory data breach notification requirements,” said Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Hickey in testimony before the Senate Judiciary crime and terrorism subcommittee on Wednesday.

The hearing was called to examine tech threats from China, but the discussion by lawmakers and witnesses, who included...