Today, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011, a bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access and misuse of personally identifiable information.