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12330394290?profile=RESIZE_400xThe DNA testing company 23andMe was served with a class action lawsuit in California after cyber thieves gained access to personal data for at least a million clients. The lawsuit claims the popular DNA company “intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently” failed to implement adequate safety measures to protect its customers whose birth year, location and ancestry trees were exposed during the attack.  “On no later than 6 October 2023, unauthorized third-party cybercriminals gained acce

10996058480?profile=RESIZE_400xCalifornia - Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), https://svb.com, a lender that was a fixture in the venture capital space for decades, collapsed on 10 March 2023.  The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver.  The trouble started on 08 March 2023 after SVB suddenly announced a plan to raise billions in capital to cover big losses. It set off widespread panic among investors and the tech founders they backed.  Shares of the company fell b

10968031660?profile=RESIZE_400xOakland California officials declared a state of emergency on 14 February after a cyberattack that first hit city technology systems last week, which continues to make it impossible to pay parking fees, fines and taxes online or connect by phone with most city departments.  “The Office of the Mayor at Oakland City Hall. Oakland officials declared a state of emergency over a recent cyberattack that hobbled critical government technology systems.”  Calls to 911 and city emergency services are stil

8131365296?profile=RESIZE_400xThe 2020 election season appears to have to end in sight.  For states not under vote-counting-scrutiny, there have been many ballot measures around the country that have drawn people's attention.  One of these measures is Proposition 24 in California, known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The measure passed with a majority of people voting to strengthen consumer privacy rights.

The new measure will update existing conditions from the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCP

3762570835?profile=RESIZE_710xCalifornia has recently created a law known as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which will go into effect on January 1, 2020.  Similar to Europe’s GDPR regulations, the act aims to inform consumers about the information being collected about them, while giving them the power to decide how that information is handled.  This law only protects California consumers and exclusive to the following companies:

  • Companies with an annual revenue >$25 Million
  • Companies which buy, receive, or sell th