CalPrivacy: CCPA Rights Protect Consumers in Data Breaches
Exercising California privacy rights is one way for consumers to protect themselves against a growing number of data breaches, California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) Executive Director Tom Kemp wrote on the agency’s blog Thursday.
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Kemp urged Californians to exercise their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act. “The less personal data a business has about you, the less it impacts you if a data breach of a business occurs.” Consumers can reduce their digital footprints by submitting deletion and opt-out requests to businesses, turning on opt-out preference signals and submitting complaints to CalPrivacy, he said.
“Taking steps to protect yourself and your personal information from the harms associated with hacking can reduce the threat of identity theft and protect your online privacy,” said Kemp. “Unfortunately, data breaches are a common occurrence -- there have been more than 420 data breaches” reported by businesses to California’s attorney general from Jan. 1-Sept. 30 this year. “Some of these breaches impact millions of Californians.”