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Jul. 30, 2016

Data breach report has serious legal issues

The attorney general's attempt to define a standard of care by specifically endorsing a set of security measures in the 2016 California Data Breach Report conflicts with the California data protection statute. By Joseph M. Burton

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By Joseph M. Burton

In February, Attorney General Kamala Harris' office released its 2016 California Data Breach Report. The report contains a comprehensive analysis of those incident reports which are required by law to be filed with the attorney general's office when a data breach occurs. The annual Data Breach Reports serve as a vehicle for the attorney general to inform Californians about how w...

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