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Media contact: National Consumers League \u2013 Carol McKay, carolm@nclnet.org, (412) 945-3242\u00a0or Taun Sterling, tauns@nclnet.org, (202)\u00a0207-2832<\/span><\/p>\n Washington, DC\u2014<\/span>Today, the National Consumers League, the Nation\u2019s pioneering consumer and worker advocacy organization, testified before the Council of the District of Columbia in support of the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2019.<\/p>\n The following is attributable to NCL\u2019s Public Policy Manager Brian Young:<\/p>\n \u201cThis consumer protection bill will help stop breaches before they happen by requiring holders of personal data, to take reasonable steps to secure and safeguard the data they have been entrusted with. When breaches happen, it is often because the business did not utilize current best practices to secure data, and yet, it is the consumer that bears the price for the business\u2019 misstep. Consumers cannot and should not be expected to carry the load when it comes to protecting the data they share with businesses and other organizations. NCL believes that each councilmember has a unique opportunity to safeguard District residents\u2019 data through this bill. NCL urges the Council of the District of Columbia to quickly pass and implement this critical consumer protection bill.\u201d<\/p>\n Brian Young\u2019s full testimony can be found here (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n