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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 ...
The GDPR is the strictest data privacy law in the world, with few exceptions and hefty fines. In California, these concerns manifested as the California Consumer Protection Act somewhat modeled on the EU’s GDPR. [11] The CCPA’s initial drafting and placement on the 2018 ballot was led by Alastair Mactaggart. [12]
With the enactment of the California Delete Act, the agency also maintains the California data broker registry and will build a one-stop shop data deletion mechanism for consumers. [ 9 ] References
The act is broad in scope, well beyond California's border. Neither the web server nor the company that created the website has to be in California in order to be under the scope of the law. The website only has to be accessible by California residents. [ 5 ]
It replaced the Data Protection Act 1984 (c 35). The 2016 General Data Protection Regulation supersedes previous Protection Acts. The Data Protection Act 2018 (c 12) updates data protection laws in the UK. It is a national law which complements the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
[16] [14] It followed some other failed attempts by governments to regulate data brokers, including a failed federal bill in 2022 to allow consumers to delete data in one-stop shop, and a 2022 California act that would have required registered data brokers to disclose more information to the state. [16]
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 ...
Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (NDP Act) (Nigeria) Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) (Singapore) Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) (South Africa) Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 (PDPA) (Sri Lanka) Related EU regulation: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill - UK proposed legislation 2024. Data Act, proposed EU ...