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necessary to determine the scope of the security breach and restore
the reasonable integrity, security and confidentiality of the data
in the system.

 
2. Notification to information broker.__A person that
maintains, on behalf of an information broker, computerized data
that includes personal information that the person does not own
shall notify the information broker of a breach of the security
of the system immediately following discovery if the personal
information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired
by an unauthorized person.

 
3.__Delay of notification for law enforcement purposes.__The
notification required by this section may be delayed if a law
enforcement agency determines that the notification will
compromise a criminal investigation; the notification required by
this section must be made after the law enforcement agency
determines that it will not compromise the investigation.

 
4.__Notification to consumer reporting agencies.__If an
information broker discovers a breach of the security of the
system that requires notification to more than 1,000 persons at a
single time, the information broker shall also notify, without
unreasonable delay, consumer reporting agencies that compile and
maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis, as defined in
15 United States Code, Section 1681a(p).

 
5.__Notification to state regulators.__When notice of a breach
of the security of the system is required under subsection 1, the
information broker shall notify the appropriate state regulators
within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation,
or if the information broker is not regulated by the department,
the Attorney General.

 
§1349.__Enforcement; penalties

 
1.__Enforcement.__The appropriate state regulators within the
Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall enforce
this chapter for any information broker that is licensed or
regulated by those regulators.__The Attorney General shall
enforce this chapter for all other information brokers.

 
2.__Civil violation.__An information broker that violates this
chapter commits a civil violation and is subject to one or more
of the following:

 
A.__A fine of not more than $500 per violation, up to a
maximum of $2,500 for each day the information broker is in
violation of this chapter;


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