Regular Session 2017-2018 House Bill 1846 P.N. 3128

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2566, 2588

PRINTER'S NO. 3128

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1846

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY ELLIS, IRVIN, RABB, MILNE, PICKETT, BAKER, DAVIS,

QUIGLEY, BOBACK, CHARLTON, O'NEILL, GROVE, DRISCOLL, THOMAS,

MILLARD, JAMES, A. HARRIS, GODSHALL, KORTZ, C. QUINN,

D. COSTA, TOEPEL, TALLMAN, KAMPF, HEFFLEY, WATSON, SCHWEYER,

DeLUCA, BRADFORD, WARD, B. MILLER, M. QUINN, ROZZI, WHEELAND,

FRANKEL AND SOLOMON, OCTOBER 13, 2017

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

MARCH 12, 2018

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 22, 2005 (P.L.474, No.94), entitled

"An act providing for the notification of residents whose

personal information data was or may have been disclosed due

to a security system breach; and imposing penalties," further

providing for definitions and, for notification of breach;

providing for notification; further providing AND for notice

exemption; and further providing for civil relief.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definitions of "breach of the security of the

system," "notice" and "personal information" in section 2 of the

act of December 22, 2005 (P.L.474, No.94), known as the Breach

of Personal Information Notification Act, are amended and the

section is amended by adding definitions to read:

Section 2. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Breach of the security of the system." The [unauthorized

access and acquisition of computerized data that materially

compromises] loss, unauthorized access, acquisition or use of

unencrypted data, encrypted data, the confidential process or

key that is capable of compromising the security or

confidentiality of personal information maintained by the entity

as part of a database of personal information regarding multiple

individuals [and that causes or the entity reasonably believes

has caused or will cause loss or injury to any resident of this

Commonwealth]. Good faith acquisition of personal information by

an employee or agent of the entity for the purposes of the

entity is not a breach of the security of the system if the

personal information is not used for a purpose other than the

lawful purpose of the entity and is not subject to further

unauthorized disclosure.

"BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM." THE UNAUTHORIZED

[ACCESS AND ACQUISITION OF COMPUTERIZED DATA THAT MATERIALLY

COMPROMISES] ACCESS AND ACQUISITION OF UNENCRYPTED DATA, OR

ENCRYPTED DATA WITH THE CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS OR KEY REQUIRED TO

DECRYPT THE DATA, THAT IS LIKELY TO COMPROMISE THE SECURITY OR

CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY THE ENTITY

AS PART OF A DATABASE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION REGARDING MULTIPLE

INDIVIDUALS AND THAT CAUSES OR THE ENTITY REASONABLY BELIEVES

HAS CAUSED OR WILL CAUSE LOSS OR INJURY TO ANY RESIDENT OF THIS

COMMONWEALTH. GOOD FAITH ACQUISITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY

AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE

ENTITY IS NOT A BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM IF THE

PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NOT USED FOR A PURPOSE OTHER THAN THE

LAWFUL PURPOSE OF THE ENTITY AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO FURTHER

UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.

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"Bureau." The Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Office of

Attorney General.

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"DISCOVERY." THE FINAL DETERMINATION THAT A BREACH OF THE

SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM HAS OCCURRED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED

TO, THE FINAL DETERMINATION REGARDING MATERIAL COMPROMISE OF

SECURITY AND REASONABLE CAUSATION OF LOSS OR INJURY.

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"Health insurance information." An individual's health

insurance policy number or subscriber identification number , a

unique identifier used by a health insurer to identify the

individual or information in an individual's application and

claims history, including appeals records .

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"Medical information." Information regarding an individual's

medical history, mental or physical MEDICAL condition or medical

treatment or diagnosis PROVIDED by a health care professional.

"Notice." The term shall include notice of residents and

notice of Commonwealth.

"Notice of Commonwealth." Written notice to the Director of

the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Office of Attorney

General.

"Notice of residents." [May be provided by any] For

residents of this Commonwealth, any of the following methods of

notification:

(1) Written notice to the last known home address for

the individual.

(2) Telephonic notice, if the customer can be reasonably

expected to receive it and the notice is given in a clear and

conspicuous manner, describes the incident in general terms

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and verifies personal information but does not require the

customer to provide personal information and the customer is

provided with a telephone number to call or Internet website

to visit for further information or assistance.

(3) E-mail notice, if a prior business relationship

exists and the person or entity has a valid e-mail address

for the individual.

(4) (i) Substitute notice, if the entity demonstrates

one of the following:

(A) The cost of providing notice would exceed

$100,000.

(B) The affected class of subject persons to be

notified exceeds 175,000.

information.

(ii) Substitute notice shall consist of all of the

following:

(A) E-mail notice when the entity has an e-mail

address for the subject persons.

(B) Conspicuous posting of the notice on the

entity's Internet website if the entity maintains

one.

"Personal information." Information that is under the

control of an individual, is not otherwise generally available

to the public through lawful means and is linked or linkable by

the person to a specific individual or linked to a device that

is associated with or routinely used by a specific individual,

including: AS FOLLOWS:

(1) AN INDIVIDUAL'S FIRST NAME OR FIRST INITIAL AND LAST

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NAME IN COMBINATION WITH AND LINKED TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE

FOLLOWING DATA ELEMENTS WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE NOT ENCRYPTED

OR REDACTED:

[(1) An individual's first name or first initial and

last name in combination with and linked to any one or more

of the following data elements when either the name or the

data elements are not encrypted or redacted:]

(i) [Social Security number.] Identification

numbers, such as:

(A) Social Security number.

(B) Driver's license number.

lieu of a driver's license.

(D) Passport number.

(E) Taxpayer identification number.

(F) Patient identification number.

(G) Insurance member number.

(H) Employee identification number.

(ii) [Driver's license number or a State

identification card number issued in lieu of a driver's

license.] Other associated names, such as:

(A) Maiden name.

(B) Mother's maiden name.

(II) DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR A STATE

IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER ISSUED IN LIEU OF A DRIVER'S

LICENSE.] THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:

(A) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

(B) DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.

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LIEU OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

(D) PASSPORT NUMBER.

(E) TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

(F) MEDICAL INFORMATION.

(G) HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION.

(iii) Financial account number, credit or debit card

number, alone or in combination with any required

expiration date, security code, access code or password

that would permit access to an individual's financial

account.

(iv) Electronic identifier or routing code, in

combination with any required security code, access code

or password that would permit access to an individual's

financial account.

(v) Electronic account information, such as account

name or user name.

(vi) Internet Protocol (IP) or Media Access Control

(MAC) address or other host-specific persistent static

identifier that consistently links to a particular

individual or small, well-defined group of individuals.

(vii) Biometric data, such as genetic information, a

fingerprint, facial scan, retina or iris image, voice

signature, x-ray image or other unique physical

representation or digital representation of biometric

data.

(viii) Date of birth.

(ix) Place of birth.

(x) Insurance information.

(xi) Employment information.

(xii) Education information.

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(xiii) Vehicle information, such as:

(A) Registration number.

(B) Title number.

(xiv) Contact information, such as:

(A) Telephone number.

(B) Address.

(xv) Digitized or other electronic signature.

(IV) BIOMETRIC DATA, MEANING DATA GATHERED BY

MEASUREMENT OF THE HUMAN BODY, INCLUDING FINGERPRINTS,

VOICE PRINTS, EYES, RETINAS OR IRISES, THAT IS USED BY

THE OWNER OR LICENSEE TO UNIQUELY AUTHENTICATE THE

IDENTITY OF A PERSON WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL ACCESSES A

SYSTEM OR ACCOUNT.

(2) The term does not include publicly available

information that is lawfully made available to the general

public from Federal, State or local government records[.] OR

FROM ANOTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOURCE, INCLUDING NEWS

REPORTS, PERIODICALS, PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OR OTHER

WIDELY DISTRIBUTED MEDIA.

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Section 2. Section 3(a) 3 of the act is amended and the

section is amended by adding subsections to read:

Section 3. Notification of breach.

(a) General rule.--An entity that [maintains, stores or

manages] OWNS OR LICENSES computerized data that includes

personal information shall provide notice of any breach of the

security of the system following discovery of the breach of the

security of the system [to any resident of this Commonwealth

whose unencrypted and unredacted personal information was or is

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reasonably believed to have been accessed and acquired by an

unauthorized person]. Except as provided in section 4 or in

order to take any measures necessary to determine the scope of

the breach and to restore the reasonable integrity of the data

system, the notice shall be made [without unreasonable delay.]

WITHIN 45 DAYS OF DISCOVERY OF THE BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE

SYSTEM BY THE OWNER OR LICENSEE. For the purpose of this

section, a resident of this Commonwealth may be determined to be

an individual whose principal mailing address, as reflected in

the computerized data which is maintained, stored or managed by

the entity, is in this Commonwealth.

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[(B) ENCRYPTED INFORMATION.--AN ENTITY MUST PROVIDE NOTICE

OF THE BREACH IF ENCRYPTED INFORMATION IS ACCESSED AND ACQUIRED

IN AN UNENCRYPTED FORM, IF THE SECURITY BREACH IS LINKED TO A

BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE ENCRYPTION OR IF THE SECURITY

BREACH INVOLVES A PERSON WITH ACCESS TO THE ENCRYPTION KEY.]

MANAGES COMPUTERIZED DATA ON BEHALF OF [ANOTHER ENTITY] AN OWNER

OR LICENSEE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF ANY

BREACH OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM FOLLOWING DISCOVERY BY THE VENDOR

TO THE [ENTITY] OWNER OR LICENSEE ON WHOSE BEHALF THE VENDOR

MAINTAINS, STORES OR MANAGES THE DATA. THE [ENTITY] OWNER OR

LICENSEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE DETERMINATIONS AND

DISCHARGING ANY REMAINING DUTIES UNDER THIS ACT.

(d) Notice to residents of this Commonwealth.--

(1) Notification must be in plain language.

(2) Notice of the breach of the security of the system

under this section shall be made to the affected residents of

this Commonwealth and must include the following:

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(i) The date, estimated date or date range of the

breach of the security of the system.

(ii) Whether the notification was delayed as a

result of a law enforcement investigation.

(iii) A list of types of PERSONAL information that

were or are believed to have been subject to the breach

of the security of the system.

(iv) A general description of the breach of the

security of the system.

(v) Toll-free telephone numbers and addresses of

consumer reporting agencies if the breach of the security

of the system exposed a Social Security number or an A

GOVERNMENT-ISSUED identification card number.

(vi) The name and contact information of the

reporting agency that was notified under section 5.

(3) The entity providing notice under this subsection

may include information about what the entity has done to

protect affected individuals and offer advice on what steps

affected individuals may take to protect their information

and what steps the individual whose information has been

breached may take to protect himself or herself.

(4) Notice under this subsection shall be made within 45

days of learning of the breach of the security of the system.

DISCOVERY OF THE BREACH OF THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM BY THE

OWNER OR LICENSEE.

(e) Notice to Attorney General.--

(1) Notice WHEN NOTICE of the breach of the security of

the system under this section MUST BE GIVEN TO MORE THAN

1,000 AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMONWEALTH, THE NOTICE

shall be made to the bureau NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO

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THE NOTICE TO AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS UNDER SUBSECTION (D) .

(2) Notice under this subsection must include the

following:

(i) The nature of the breach of the security of the

system.

(3) NOTICE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MUST INCLUDE, NO LATER

THAN THE TIME NOTICE IS GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS

COMMONWEALTH, THE FOLLOWING:

(ii) (I) The number of residents of this

Commonwealth affected by the breach of the security of

the system.

(iii) (II) Steps taken by the entity relating to the

breach of the security of the system.

(3) Notice under this subsection shall be made within 30

days of the breach of the security of the system.

(f) State agencies.--If a State agency is the subject of a

breach of security of the system, the State agency must provide

notice of the breach of security of the system required under

subsection (a) without unreasonable delay following discovery of

the breach. A State agency under the Governor's jurisdiction

shall provide notice of a breach of the security of the system

to the Governor's Office of Administration without unreasonable

delay. Notification under this subsection shall occur

notwithstanding the procedures and policies under section 7.

(g) Counties, school districts and municipalities.--A

county, s chool district or municipality shall provide notice to

the district attorney in the county in which the breach occurred

of a breach of the security of the system required under

subsection (a) without unreasonable delay following discovery of

the breach. Notification under this subsection shall occur

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notwithstanding the procedures and policies under section 7.

Section 3. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 5.1. Notification.

When an entity provides notification under this act, the

entity shall also notify, without unreasonable delay, the bureau

of the timing, distribution and number of notices and any other

information as required by the bureau.

Section 4 3. Section 7(b) of the act is amended by adding a

paragraph to read:

Section 7. Notice exemption.

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(b) Compliance with Federal requirements.--

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(3) If an entity does not have a Federal or state

notification rule, regulation, procedure or guideline in

effect, the entity must comply with this act.

Section 5. Section 8 of the act is amended to read:

Section 8. Civil relief.

A violation of this act shall be deemed to be an unfair

method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice

in violation of the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387),

known as the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.

The Office of Attorney General shall have exclusive authority to

bring an action under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer

Protection Law for a violation of this act.

Section 6 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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