Schwarzenegger vetoes update to breach disclosure law

["Al" <macwheel99 () wowway com>]

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8377

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The bill was supposed to prescribe the inclusion of additional information
in breach notification letters to customers, such as the description of the
incident and the type of the compromised information. It would also have to
contain advice on safeguarding oneself against identity theft.

Another provision was directed towards informing the state Attorney
General's office if the breach compromised more than 500 people. And this
was the reason (along with the lack of proof that this addition information
would be helpful to consumers) that Schwarzenegger offered in his veto
notice. 

"There is no additional consumer benefit gained by requiring the Attorney
General to become a repository of breach notices when this measure does not
require the Attorney General to do anything with the notices", he remarked.

 

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Al Macintyre

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