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Originally posted by goBigtime
Norman,
You should be emailing all of your clients letting them know of a possible compromise with your client data.
In my opinion this should have been done back in April when you were contacted about the spam coming to matrix tagged email addresses.
If you really want to be able to do something about this abuse of your customer data, and get your "25 people", then explain to your customers in a mass mailing what may have happened & ask them to review the address information on the Acacia notices they recieved and compare it to their submitted Matrix data looking for any similarities between unique information or typos that were used at Matrix.
How bad do you really want to get to the bottom of this?
Will you email your customers asking for help?
Or is this just a GFY-only thing?
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Its also THE LAW to notify us if that is the case or if not we all will have legal recourse.
California Civil Code § 1798.82 ? New Duties to Disclose A "Security Breach"
California has revised its business laws to require notification of customers if a "security breach" leads to the disclosure of customers' personal data. The new law is codified as an amendment to California Civil Code § 1798.82 and takes effect on July 1, 2003. It applies to any person or business that conducts business in California if the entity possesses "computerized ... personal information." If a "breach of the security system" occurs, defined as any unauthorized acquisition of personal data, the business must inform affected persons "immediately" unless law enforcement requests a delay. Consumers have a private right of action under the law for injunctive and civil damages relief, but no specific monetary penalties are suggested.