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Washington State Amends Data Breach Notification Statute
Last week, the Washington Governor signed into law amendments to the state’s data breach notification statute. Importantly, the amendments, which take effect July 24, 2015, (1) expand the statute to cover breaches of…
The Year of the Breach: California Attorney General Releases 2013 Data Breach Report
On Tuesday, the California Attorney General released the second annual data breach report, summarizing the 167 data breaches reported to the Attorney General’s office in 2013, and providing privacy and security…
Florida Overhauls Data Breach Notification Law
Last Friday, Florida enacted a new Information Security Act that repeals the state’s existing data breach notification law and increases companies’ reporting obligations and liability in the event of a data security…
Kentucky Enacts Data Breach Notification Law
Last week, Kentucky enacted a data breach notification law, becoming the 47th state to require notice to consumers in the event of a breach of unencrypted personally identifiable information. The law’s author,…