Kentucky became the 47th state to enact a breach notification law last week. A national law superseding the widely varying state statutes is long overdue. The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor makes passing such a bill tougher. The current Congress is on the way to enact fewer laws than any since the 1940s. Lawmakers have introduced nine bills in this Congress that address data breach notification, but don’t count on Congress to pass any of them. There’s no political payback for a weak bill, especially if it weakens protections in their own states’ laws.”]
Source: https://www.inforisktoday.com/blogs/cantors-defeat-impact-on-breach-law-p-1689