BILL NUMBER: AB 964 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chau
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
An act relating to civil law.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 964, as introduced, Chau. Civil law: privacy.
Existing law requires a person or business conducting business in
California, that owns or licenses computerized data that includes
personal information, as defined, to disclose in specified ways, a
breach of the security of the system or data, as defined, following
discovery or notification of the security breach, to any California
resident whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably
believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to protect the public from data breaches.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to protect the public from data breaches.