Events
Our May 2025 update—the fifth this year—brings our complete data through May along with this focused analysis of Q1 breach statistics. The first quarter saw 876 new breach notifications representing 658 distinct security incidents that impacted over 32 million people. This release also includes major database enhancements with completely refactored grouping algorithms and improved categorization models, making our breach tracking and analysis more accurate than ever.
Advocacy
We're proud to stand with Consumer Reports in supporting Senator Becker's SB 361 to improve the registration and transparency requirements of the California Delete Act. Currently data brokers are required to disclose on their registration documents with the California Privacy Protection Agency whether they collect certain kinds of personal information, including reproductive health data, the personal information of minors, or precise geolocation data. SB 361 would additionally require registering brokers make clear on their documentation whether and the extent to which they collect additional categories of sensitive personal information, including account login credentials, government-issued identification numbers, citizenship and immigration status, union membership, sexual orientation, and biometric data.
Q&A
If you're a survivor of domestic violence, both federal and state laws offer important privacy protections to help keep you safe in your housing.
Q&A
As biometric entry systems like facial recognition become more common in housing, it's important to know your rights when your landlord wants to install one.
Q&A
While landlords have legitimate reasons to protect their property, they shouldn't be spying on you.
Law Overviews
The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) protects Californians against unauthorized interception, recording, and eavesdropping on private communications, conversations, or telephone calls. It provides individuals with robust privacy protections for electronic and oral communications.
Advocacy
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, alongside civil rights, consumer advocates, and privacy organizations, urges support for California Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), legislation designed to ban the unfair practice of "surveillance pricing." Surveillance pricing occurs when businesses use personal consumer data, such as browsing history, location, or past purchases, to set individualized prices, resulting in unfair price discrimination.