I hope you had a great Data Privacy Day last Saturday. I understand if you want to keep details of your celebration private. Getting people to talk about data privacy and cybersecurity is difficult, particularly when someone—Uncle Sam, maybe?—asks for details about a cyber attack on your company. Things tend to get very hush-hush at that point.

And that's where Congress is stepping in. (Cue the chorus of "uh-ohs" in the audience.)

The senate is expected to consider legislation on cybersecurity this week. Details of the bill have not been released—it is cybersecurity, after all—but the White House and its cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt are backing the bill.

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