Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information
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Abstract
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is issuing a final rule ("Final Rule") to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information ("Safeguards Rule" or "Rule") to require financial institutions to report to the Commission any notification event where unencrypted customer information involving 500 or more consumers is acquired without authorization.
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