Those laws, known as the E-Privacy Directive, currently require telco networks in the EU to make a swift, mandatory disclosure about a data breach.

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Mandatory disclosure was put in place after the Enron meltdown.

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Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department indicted the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, on seven counts of making false statements on mandatory financial disclosure forms.

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The question has been argued for months: should online politicking be regulated the same way traditional politicking is, with contribution limits and mandatory donor disclosure?

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Disclosure should be mandatory and I believe the Commission will propose such a rule in the near future.

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The brokerage industry is unique in that it has been permitted to self-regulate with limited SEC oversight, self-insure through the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, self-adjudicate through mandatory NASD Dispute Resolution arbitration, and even control, through the NASD Public Disclosure Program, the information the public receives about firms.

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