Mich. AG Wants Notification About Data Breaches
Michigan should strengthen data breach laws, the state’s attorney general department said Wednesday. The office supported a package of five state Senate bills (SB-888 to SB-892), currently in the Senate Consumer Protection Committee, that would include a requirement that companies…
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quickly notify the AG department about breaches. Most states already require such notification, but Michigan’s AG usually finds out about breaches through media reports, the department said. Michigan AG Dana Nessel (D) said, “Passing legislation to mandate these protections would affirm our commitment to defending consumers’ interests in the face of ever-increasing numbers of data breaches impacting their personal information.”