New California Law on Background Checks Appears to be First Law in U.S. to Regulate Offshoring of Personal Data Overseas
By Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Blog On September 29, 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law California Senate Bill 909 (SB 909), which appears to be the first law in the nation that addresses the issue of “offshoring” where the personal information of American consumers in sent offshore and outside the United States of its territories. Authored…