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California S.B. 1386 was a bill passed by the California legislature that amended the California law regulating the privacy of personal information: civil codes 1798.29, 1798.82 and 1798.84. This was an early example of many future U.S. and international security breach notification laws , it was introduced by California State Senator Steve ...
The bill was passed in the context of long-held calls by civil liberties and privacy advocates for heavier regulation the industry, citing concerns about the lack of transparency in the sharing of consumer data and of the use of the data by law enforcement without a need for subpoenas or warrants.
Companies that become victims of data theft or other data security breaches can be ordered in civil class action lawsuits to pay statutory damages between $100 and $750 per California resident and incident, or actual damages, whichever is greater, and any other relief a court deems proper, subject to an option of the California Attorney General ...
For example, if your Social Security number is exposed in a data breach, you may be at a heightened risk for identity theft or fraudulent credit applications in your name. 2. Secure Your Accounts
Hundreds of thousands of Sutter Health patients are learning that they had personal information stolen as part of the same massive data breach last May that hit roughly 1.2 million CalPERS and ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
California is tackling the problem of textile and fashion waste with the country’s first law that requires clothing companies to implement a recycling system for the garments they sell.
Specifically, the CIWMB provided grants and loans that helped California's recycling industry; used incentive grants and loans to help spur the private sector into developing new markets for recycled materials; cleaned up solid waste disposal sites; and cleared illegal waste tire disposal sites.