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paragraph A indicates that the security breach has resulted in
fraud or unauthorized transactions, but do not necessarily
require notice in other circumstances; and

 
C.__Are subject to examination for compliance with the
requirements of this chapter by one or more federal
functional regulators, as defined in the federal Gramm-
Leach-Bliley Act, 15 United States Code, Section 6809(2), or
by the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation,
Office of Consumer Credit Regulation with respect to the
operation of the security program and the notification
procedures.

 
5.__Security breach.__"Security breach" means the compromise
of the security, confidentiality or integrity of computerized
data that results in unauthorized acquisition of and access to
personal information maintained by a business or that creates a
reasonable basis for the conclusion that such acquisition has
occurred.__"Security breach" does not include the good faith
acquisition of personal information by an employee or agent of a
business for the purposes of that business if the personal
information is not used or subject to further unauthorized
disclosure.

 
6.__Subject person.__"Subject person" means a resident of this
State whose personal information is stored by a business that has
suffered a security breach resulting in the disclosure or
possible disclosure of the resident's personal information.

 
7.__Substitute notice.__"Substitute notice" means:

 
A.__An e-mail notice, if the business has the e-mail
addresses of its customers;

 
B.__A conspicuous posting of the notice on a publicly
accessible website of the business; or

 
C.__Publication in major media, including newspapers of
general circulation.

 
8.__System.__"System" means a computerized data storage system
containing personal information.

 
§1348.__Database security

 
1.__Disclosure of security breach to subject person.__A
business that owns or licenses electronic data containing
personal information, following the discovery of a security
breach, shall notify the subject person whose unencrypted
personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been,
acquired by an unauthorized person.


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