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Obama Proposes Steps To Strengthen Cyber Protections For Consumers

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, January 12th, 2015

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Obama Proposes Steps To Strengthen Cyber Protections For Consumers

President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. White House photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama on Monday outlined plans to strengthen data and privacy protections for consumers in a digital age, including proposing new legislation that requires companies to notify customers within 30 days of discovery that their personal information has been exposed.Obama’s address at the Federal Trade Commission on safeguarding American consumers and families is the first of three planned this week dealing with identity theft, cyber security and expanding broadband access.The proposals being announced this week are “for how we…

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