On December 15, 2015, the California Attorney General and Alameda County District Attorney announced a settlement with a communications company to resolve allegations that the company both unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste and discarded records without first omitting or redacting private customer information. As part of the settlement, the company will pay $25.95M. The complaint alleged that the company disposed of "customer records without shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means," in violation of California Civil Code section 1798.81.

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