; (B) enforce compliance with this Act; or (C) impose civil penalties of not more than $1,000 per day per individual whose sensitive personally identifiable information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, accessed or acquired by an unauthorized person, up to a maximum of $1,000,000 per violation, unless such conduct is found to be willful or intentional. (2) Notice Before filing an action under paragraph (1), the attorney general, official, or agency of the State involved shall provide to the Attorney General and the Commission— (A) a written notice of the action; and (B) a copy of the complaint for the action. (3) Attorney General certification An action may not be filed under paragraph (1) if the Attorney General determines that the filing would impede a criminal investigation or national security activity. (b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission Upon receiving notice under subsection (a)(2), the Commission may— (1) move to stay the action, pending the final disposition of a pending Federal proceeding or action; (2) initiate an action in the appropriate United States district court under section 8 and move to consolidate all pending actions, including State actions, in such court; (3) intervene in the action brought under subsection (a); or (4) file petitions for appeal. (c) Pending proceedings If the Commission has instituted a proceeding or action for a violation of this Act or any regulations promulgated under this Act, a State attorney general, official, or agency may not bring an action under this Act during the pendency of the Federal proceeding or action against any defendant named in such proceeding or action for any violation that is alleged in such proceeding or action. (d) Construction For purposes of bringing any civil action under subsection (a), nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent an attorney general, official, or agency of a State from exercising the powers conferred on such attorney general, official, or agency by the laws of that State to— (1) conduct investigations