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Hello. President Biden talked briefly about data privacy during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, urging support for holding social media and other companies accountable for protecting Americans’ information.
“It’s time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop Big Tech from collecting personal data on our kids,” Mr. Biden said, “and impose stricter limits on the personal data these companies collect on all of us.”
Earlier in the address, he called on Congress to “crack down on identity fraud by criminal syndicates stealing millions of dollars,” referring to widespread theft of federally issued pandemic aid.
The Biden administration is expected to release a detailed national cybersecurity strategy in the coming weeks. Cyber experts in the public and private sector say the plan must harmonize the many federal and state laws, along with regulations from agencies and industry bodies, related to preventing, reporting and responding to cyberattacks.
BSA | The Software Alliance, a lobby group for tech companies including Microsoft and Zoom, said it supports a federal privacy law “that creates strong obligations for companies that handle consumers' personal data.”
U.S. critical infrastructure remains unnecessarily at risk for hacking, the Government Accountability Office said in a report Tuesday. About 60 of 106 cyber recommendations from the GAO since 2010 haven't been put in place, the GAO said.
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Federal cyber R&D planning underway in the U.S.
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Laid off? Spy agency wants to hear from you
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Guilty plea in ransomware money laundering case
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