California AG Launches Online Data Security Breach Reporting Form | Practical Law

California AG Launches Online Data Security Breach Reporting Form | Practical Law

The California Attorney General has launched on online form for reporting data security breach notifications issued by businesses under California's breach notification law.  

California AG Launches Online Data Security Breach Reporting Form

Practical Law Legal Update 7-517-2851 (Approx. 2 pages)

California AG Launches Online Data Security Breach Reporting Form

by PLC Intellectual Property & Technology
Published on 17 Jan 2012USA (National/Federal)
The California Attorney General has launched on online form for reporting data security breach notifications issued by businesses under California's breach notification law.
The California Attorney General has launched an online form for businesses to report breach notifications issued under California's data security breach notification law. Under California's amended breach notification law a business that issues a security breach notification to more than 500 California residents as a result of a single breach must electronically submit a single sample copy of the notification, excluding any personally identifiable information, to the California Attorney General. The amendments to California’s breach notification law went into effect on January 1, 2012.
For more information on data security and breach notification, see Practice Note, Cyber Incident and Data Breach Notification.