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Feb 5, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The was titled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?
Jan 29, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Neiman Marcus Group President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Katz requesting information and documents on the recent cybersecurity breach affecting Neiman Marcus customers. The members seek to understand how the attack...
Jan 28, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Tim Murphy to request a hearing on recent reports of an onslaught of telephone scams, particularly targeting employees at work and older Americans. As fraudulent telephone schemes are on the rise, the members...
Jan 23, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Target Chair, President, and CEO Gregg Steinhafel urging him to provide documents related to the causes and impacts of the December data breach affecting Target...
Jan 10, 2014
Floor Action
Jan 9, 2014
Press Release
Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a memo with information from both Committees’ investigations of the security of Healthcare.gov. The memo reports that there have been no successful breaches of the Healthcare.gov...
Jul 18, 2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Thursday, July 18, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, “Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers?”
Dec 19, 2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released the following statement on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) release of its new Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule:
Dec 4, 2012
Bill
H.R. 6131 extends the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement with Enforcers Beyond Borders (US SAFE WEB) Act of 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109-455) until September 30, 2020. The US SAFE WEB Act – which had been scheduled to expire on December 22, 2013 – enhances the ability of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to protect American consumers from schemes that cross the borders...