Big Headaches From Little Data Breaches.

The article discusses the measures initiated to address data breaches in the U.S. Several states and territories have laws for notification of consumers whose information may have been compromised in data breaches such as the Senate Bill (SB) 1386 and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003. Personal information is defined by most state laws as first and last names, plus any combination of a Social Security number or debit card number with a password or security. A revision to a California law includes a description of the data-breach event in the notification letter.