Passports and biometric data would be included in the types of personal information covered by California’s data breach notification law, under a bill that passed the state Senate and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A.B. 1130 by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D) would also add taxpayer and military identification numbers, and other unique government identification
Here’s the list of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) amendments that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee and will move on to the Senate Appropriations Committee for a hearing in September, reports Stacey Gray of The Future of Privacy Forum.
First we take Sacramento, then we take Albany…
The New York Privacy Act, a privacy bill proposed by State Sen. Kevin Thomas, D-N.Y., bears similarities to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Like the CCPA, it would allow people to find out what data companies are collecting on them, see who they’re sharing that data with,
Under a proposed amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) filed Feb. 22, companies that amass user data could be the target of class-action litigation from state consumers if they’re accused of violating the CCPA.
This expands the existing private right of action under CCPA which currently applies only to data breaches. Other proposals
On Friday, September 27, 2013, Governor Brown signed California Assembly Bill 370 (AB 370), an amendment aimed at strengthening the state’s Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), into law. AB 370 requires websites and online services that collect personally identifiable information to disclose how they respond to users’ “do not track” requests. We recommend that our
California State Senator, Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who authored the state’s existing data breach law in 2002, has introduced Senate Bill 24 to strengthen the content of notices provided to individuals when their personal information has been hacked, stolen or lost. If passed, Senate Bill 24 proposes to offer individuals better protection against identity theft
Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger “terminated” the proposed update to California´s landmark privacy protection law proposed by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto). The Governor’s office encouraged Rep. Simitian to reintroduce the amendment. This Bill was approved by the California Senate last Thursday.
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Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the update to California´s landmark privacy protection law (AB 700), known as SB 20, which California’s State Legislature previously approved and we reported about here. SB 20 was proposed by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto).
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We have written before about how the lack of a national clearinghouse for large data breaches is a significant shortcoming of existing federal law. We have also speculated that if a large state were to create a de facto clearinghouse, the shortcoming may be partially alleviated.
President Obama’s administration may be disappointing many privacy experts