Full Text of SR0142 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In late 2013, Target experienced a security data | 3 | | breach that affected as many as 40 million people who used | 4 | | their credit or debit cards at the retailer; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, credit card data security breaches were | 6 | | reported by retailers including, but not limited to: Neiman | 7 | | Marcus, Sally Beauty, Michaels, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, | 8 | | Albertson's and Supervalu, UPS, Dairy Queen, Goodwill | 9 | | Industries, Home Depot, Jimmy John's, Kmart, Staples, and Bebe; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, On February 5, 2015, Anthem Inc., a health | 12 | | insurer, announced that it experienced a cyber-data breach on | 13 | | its database of 80 million records containing personal | 14 | | information such as names, birth dates, addresses, and Social | 15 | | Security numbers; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, On January 27, 2015, United States Representative | 17 | | Gus Bilarikis of Florida stated in the United States House | 18 | | Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade that a need | 19 | | exists to ensure that merchants are appropriately protecting | 20 | | consumers; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Credit Union National Association has created |
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| 1 | | a national action alert regarding data breaches, including a | 2 | | website, StoptheDataBreaches.com; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Credit Union National Association urges | 4 | | citizens to make their government officials and | 5 | | representatives aware of the problem of data breaches; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the federal | 9 | | government of the United States of America to address the issue | 10 | | of data security breaches; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the United States government to | 12 | | focus on increased accountability and higher security | 13 | | regarding both credit data used at retailers and personal | 14 | | information data kept by any organization; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the members of the Illinois congressional | 17 | | delegation.
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