NY AG to propose new bill to strengthen data security law

(Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday will propose a legislation that he says would make the state's data security law the strongest in the country and require "unprecedented safeguards" for the personal data of consumers and workers. The proposal overhauls law enforcement authorities' power to combat cyber crime and ensure they have appropriate tools to investigate, disrupt and prosecute cyber crime. If it becomes a law, New York's requirements would meet California standards in terms of the breadth of information covered, and exceed that state's standards in other ways, according to Matt Mittenthal, a spokesman for Schneiderman. In the wake of growing cyber crimes, the bill seeks to protect customer information by expanding the scope of information saying that employers and retailers would be responsible for data protection.



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