Walk It Through: The Breach Letter
Notice within 30 calendar days, and a sample to the Attorney General above 500.
A letter arrives saying an online retailer's database was breached.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One breach letter from one retailer. What counts as personal information, the forms notice may take, and the exception for encrypted data are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Breach of the security of the systemWhat the section requires a business to disclose to each affected resident within 30 calendar days of discovery or notification of the breach. If more than 500 California residents are notified from a single breach, a sample copy of the notice goes to the Attorney General.
- SecurityAny payment, fee, deposit or charge imposed at the beginning of a residential tenancy, including an advance payment of rent, whatever the landlord calls it.