On Tuesday, California Attorney General (AG) Kamala Harris unveiled the California Data Breach Report, the state’s first since 2012. In it, the AG focuses on the retail and healthcare sectors and sets forth recommendations that call for more readable breach notices, increased use of technology like chip cards to devalue stolen credit card data and for the healthcare industry to employ widespread encryption. She also calls for additional security funding for smaller retailers, a growing target of cyber-attacks. This exclusive for The Privacy Advisor looks into the report and shares reactions from Office of the Attorney General Director of Privacy, Education and Policy Joanne McNabb, CIPP/US, CIPP/G, CIPT, and Morrison & Foerster Partner Andrew Serwin, CIPP/US, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPM.
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