WASHINGTON–A top Justice Department official called for a stronguniform federal standard requiring certain types of businesses toreport data breaches in a Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

“Businesses should be required to provide prompt notice toconsumers in the wake of a breach and to notify the federalgovernment of breaches so that law enforcement can pursue and catchthe perpetrators,” said Mythili Raman, acting assistant attorneygeneral in the criminal division of the Justice Department, duringthe hearing titled, “Privacy in the Digital Age: Preventing DataBreaches and Combating Cybercrime.”

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