A national data breach notification bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 
The Data Accountability and Trust Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02221:/)
would require any organization that experiences a breach of electronic data containing personal information to notify all U.S. individuals whose information is breached. The law requires that the Federal Trade Commission [...]