Bill Text: CA AB964 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Civil law: privacy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2015. [AB964 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB964-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 964	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to civil law.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 964, as introduced, Chau. Civil law: privacy.
   Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in
California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes
personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, a
breach of the security of the system or data, as defined, following
discovery or notification of the security breach, to any California
resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably
believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to protect the public from data breaches.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to protect the public from data breaches.