Data Privacy,
Civil Rights
Jul. 6, 2022
Leak of gun owner data complicates fight over research
Gun owner plaintiffs sued to block Attorney General Rob Bonta’s release of their data to a anti-gun research group. Then their data got leaked anyway.
An attorney opposing a law that allows Attorney General Rob Bonta to share gun owners’ private information with an anti-gun research group has cited the state Justice Department’s recent massive leak of such information in a brief supporting the plaintiffs’ injunction motion.
“Defendant’s egregious public release of the sensitive personal information that is the subject of plaintiffs’ pending motion for preliminary injunction is an emergen...
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