CUNA Chief Advocacy Officer Ryan Donovan wrote to 535 Congressional offices Thursday continuing CUNA’s call for data privacy and security legislation. Thursday’s outreach is part of several efforts for CUNA on the topic of data privacy this week, CUNA also wrote to the House and Senate Commerce Committees for the record of their data privacy hearings.
Donovan called on Congress to require all entities handling data to meet strict data security requirements, creative a national standard that pre-empts the current patchwork of regulations and protection American interests from cyberthreats that cold be linked to foreign entities seeking to disrupt U.S. interests.
CUNA’s letters to the commerce committees this week state: