California Data Breach Notification Laws Expand To Include Login Information

On Friday, September 27, California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill, S.B. 46, which increases the online protection of potential identity theft for Californians by requiring companies to give notice when a California resident's log in data is compromised. California's attorney general sponsored the law, which was written by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-East bay). The eCrime Unit of the attorney general's office had found that criminals increasingly targeted websites with inadequate security to collect login information such as email addresses, usernames, and passwords. Due to the fact that many people use the same login information across multiple accounts, thieves of such information would be able to gain access to many of the victim's accounts.