Lisa Madigan: “I strongly support decisive legislative action on the state and federal level to ban the practice altogether.”

Addressing data breaches and preventing them is critical to our financial security and our economy.

As a state official, I oppose Federal legislation that limits our ability at the state level to respond to and to safeguard our residents.

Consumers may be fatigued over data breaches, but they are not asking to be less informed about them.

The recent Target breach served as a wake-up call that government and the private sector need to take serious meaningful actions.