Data Breaches
Our personal data, whether financial, medical, or personal, has become in many ways become more valuable than gold. Corporate marketers, scam artists, foreign governments, criminals, and hackers all view your personal data as a hugely valuable resource, and like all valuable resources, it needs to be protected at all costs.
In trying to recover damages from companies that mishandle your data, Californians have a unique legal rights guaranteed to them under two main statutes: The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, for medical data; and the California Consumer Privacy Act, for financial and personal data. Learn more about each law, and the legal options they give Californians below
