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4 Akron Intell. Prop. J. 203 (2010)
One More unto the Breach: An Analysis of Legal, Technological, and Policy Issues Involving Data Breach Notification Statut3es

handle is hein.journals/akrintel4 and id is 207 raw text is: ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH:' AN ANALYSIS OF LEGAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND POLICY ISSUES INVOLVING DATA BREACH NOTIFICATION STATUTES Dana J. Lesemann2 I. Introduction ....................................................................... 204 II. B ackground ........................................................................ 206 III. Personal Information Defined ........................................... 209 A. The California Model .................................................. 209 B. Other State Variations ................................................. 212 IV. Defining a Data Breach ..................................................... 212 A. The Strict Liability Model .......................................... 213 B. The Risk Assessment Model ....................................... 215 C. Blending Definitions: Risk Assessment and Strict L iability ....................................................................... 2 17 D. Conducting the Investigation ...................................... 218 E. Safe Harbor under Federal Banking Statutes and O ther Law s .................................................................. 220 F. Recommendation: States Should Adopt the Risk Assessment Model which Presents Greater Benefits for the Consumer over the Strict Liability A pproach ..................................................................... 22 1 V. When Time Limits Are Not Really Time Limits .............. 222 A . Penalties ...................................................................... 224 B. Enforcement and Litigation under the Data Breach Statutes ........................................................................ 225 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, KING HENRY THE FIFTH act 3, sc. 1. 2. Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, Stroz Friedberg; Adjunct Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law. Stroz Friedberg is a consulting and technical services firm specializing in digital forensics, network intrusion, data breach response, and cyber-security investigations. I am grateful to my colleagues at Stroz Friedberg for their assistance in developing this article, particularly the research of Steven Mecca and the expert editorial review of Miriam Birnbaum, Thomas Harris-Warrick, and Paul Luehr. Thanks also to Ahmed Baset, Howard University School of Law, Class of 2010. All errors, of course, remain my own.

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