Lawmakers back the spirit of the Privacy Alerts Bill 2014, which carries hefty fines for delinquent organizations, but called for further clarification.
An investigation into a Rady Children's Hospital breach involving more than 14,000 patients revealed a separate incident involving more than 6,000 patients.
Credit card data of a projected seven million-plus customers of P.F. Chang's Chinese Bistro was reportedly exposed for nine months beginning in September 2013.
A hacker group that stole data on 650,000 French and Belgian Domino's customers is threatening to release the information if the pizza company does not pay more than $40,000.
While P.F. Chang's investigates a breach, it has shifted to manual payment card imprinting, suggesting that point-of-sale devices may have been compromised.