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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA c. 210-B is enacted to read:

 
CHAPTER 210-B

 
NOTICE OF RISK TO PERSONAL DATA

 
§1346.__Short title

 
This chapter may be known and cited as "the Notice of Risk to
Personal Data Act."

 
§1347.__Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

 
1.__Business. "Business" means a person, including a
corporation, doing business in the State.

 
2.__Encryption.__"Encryption" means the disguising of data
using generally accepted practices.

 
3.__Personal information.__"Personal information" means an
individual's last name in combination with one or more of the
following data elements, when either the name or the data
elements are not encrypted:

 
A.__Social security number;

 
B.__Driver's license number or state identification number;
and

 
C.__Account number or credit or debit card number in
combination with any required security code, access code or
password that would permit access to an individual's account
or financial records as defined in Title 9-B, section 161.

 
4.__Reasonable notification procedures.__"Reasonable
notification procedures," with respect to a security breach,
means procedures that:

 
A. Use a security program reasonably designed to block
unauthorized transactions before they are charged to a
customer's account;

 
B.__Provide for notice to be given to a subject person by the
owner or licensee of a database or an agent of the owner or
licensee after the security program required under


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