Lawmaker: Consumers need details in data breach warnings

Six years after California enacted the country’s first data breach notification law, many state residents have received letters warning them that their data was exposed by a breach but usually they don’t know how or how long, experts said at a privacy conference on Friday.

That would change with the passage of a measure proposed by California State Sen. Joe Simitian, who authored the country’s first bill requiring companies to notify customers when a breach has occurred that exposes their data.

Senate Bill 20 would require that notification letters to consumers have a standard set of information such as information about the timing and circumstances of the breach.

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