The New Mexico Senate has passed the Data Breach Notification Act, making it the 48th state to have such a law, GovInfoSecurity reports. The bill awaits the signature of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, who has 20 days to approve or deny the measure, although the bill's sponsor, Rep. Bill Rehm predicts her support. The nonprescriptive bill requires businesses to notify the state's attorney general should more than 1,000 citizens' data be breached while giving "much latitude" to businesses regarding how they protect personally identifiable information, the report states. Should Martinez approve the act, South Dakota and Alabama will become the only remaining states without a breach notification law, the report adds.
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