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What’s a data breach?

A data breach is a security violation in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an unauthorized individual. It could be a result of

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Will I be notified if a school has experienced a data breach exposing my/my child’s information?

It depends on your state’s data breach notification law.

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Advocacy Testimony
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Hearing on Data Breaches, Panel One: Data Breach Law and Identity Theft Prevention: Testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Banking Committees

Chairpersons Jackson and Correa, and members of the Senate Judiciary and Banking Committees:

 

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the topic of data breaches.

 

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Advocacy Comments
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Medical Information Breach Regulations: Comments to the California Department of Public Health

December 13, 2010

 

TO:

Edwin Hoffmark
California Department of Public Health
PO Box 997377; MS 3201
Sacramento, CA 95899-7337

Submitted via email: RNUnit-at-cdph.ca.gov

 

Dear Mr. Hoffmark:

 

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Privacy Advocates Call for Tough Regulation of Financial Data and Stronger Identity Theft Protections
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Privacy Advocates Call for Tough Regulation of Financial Data and Stronger Identity Theft Protections

ChoicePoint, Bank of America Scandals Underscore Weakness of Current Laws

 

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Think About Your Cards (Before the Next Retail Data Breach)
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Think About Your Cards (Before the Next Retail Data Breach)

As data breaches exposing payment card information continue to make headlines, there are a couple of things you can consider to reduce their potential impact on you.

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Reducing Your Risk of Identity Theft
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Reducing Your Risk of Identity Theft

Others can get your personal information in many ways including

data breaches discarded documents stolen wallets/purses stolen mail phishing

While you can't always prevent identity theft, you can reduce your risk.

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California Security Breach Notification Law Goes into Effect July 1, 2003
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California Security Breach Notification Law Goes into Effect July 1, 2003

Contact:
Beth Givens, PRC Director
619-298-3396
bethg(at)privacyrights.org

 

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