House Financial Services panel leader to announce legislative plan on consumer data security

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), chairman of a key Financial Services subcommittee, today will announce plans to develop “comprehensive” data security and breach notification legislation “in the near future,” according to a congressional staffer.

“Rep. Luetkemeyer will be writing comprehensive data security legislation,” the aide told Inside Cybersecurity. “Now, this is in the early stages. Today’s hearing is really the first opportunity for the subcommittee to look at data security vulnerabilities through a wider lens,” the source said, referring to this...