New Data Protection Bill in California

by Rick Kam

K.C. Jones authored an article on September 7, 2007 in InformationWeek called "California Data Protection Bill Moves Forward".

Once the Bill is ratified it will provide several new consumer protections. The TJ Max issue, where 40+ million credit card numbers were lost/stolen is an example of where this legislation would apply.

"The bill would provide notice to consumers, telling them which retailers lost their credit or debit card information, and when the information was lost. It would require retailers responsible for data breaches to assume all costs of consumer notification and card replacement."

California has led the nation in several pieces of ID Theft legislation. I expect other States will also put consumer protections like this in place soon.