Oregon AG Calls For Stricter Data Breach Laws

On December 10, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum proposed more rigorous requirements for companies to disclose data breaches that expose consumers' personal information.  Testifying before the Oregon joint Senate and House Judiciary Committee, Rosenblum called on the Oregon legislature to update the state's data breach law and to extend data breach enforcement and notification to the Oregon Department of Justice.

"As technology changes, so must the legal infrastructure which protects that technology.  Oregonians want – and should – know who is collecting their personal information and data, how it is being used and protected, as well as to whom it is being sold.  If asked today, most people would have little idea how to answer these questions.  We need to protect and educate Oregonians – as they should, but often cannot, understand how their data is being used," Rosenblum testified.