California state Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) certainly can be credited with persistence when it comes to expanding California’s data breach notification law, and with Jerry Brown replacing Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor, the fourth time may be the charm.  On April 14, 2011, the California State Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 24, which now moves to the State Assembly for consideration.

The new legislation would amend California’s existing security breach notification requirements by:

• Establishing standard content requirements for data breach notifications to California residents, including the type of information breached, the time of breach, and a toll-free telephone number of major credit reporting agencies; and
• Requiring public agencies, business, and individuals subject to California’s security breach notification law to send an electronic copy of the breach notification to the California Attorney General, if more than 500 Californians are affected by a single breach.

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