NRF: Breach Issue Requires Federal Action

The National Retail Federation has called for a new federal cyber law and other steps to stem the tide of retail data breaches.

In a letter distributed to the group’s members, Mallory Duncan, the federation’s senior vice president and general counsel, called for the introduction of both chips and PINs in all U.S. cards, a federal-level data breach notification law and an overarching cyber law to ensure faster law-enforcement response times.

“That is a start, but what we want is a long-term solution, and it is going to require all of us working and investing together to provide one answer,” Duncan wrote. “Retailers will do our part. But we cannot do this alone.”

The NRF recently called for an appeal of the recent interchange-fee court decision. Read PYMNTS.com VP of Digital Media’s Jeffrey Green’s breakdown of that development here.

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