Is the collection of personal data in publically accessible data bases a public nuisance and can I sue?
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE
(3480.) Section Thirty-four Hundred and Eighty. A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.
3483. Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate a continuing nuisance upon, or in the use of, such property, created by a former owner, is liable therefor in the same manner as the one who first created it.
3484. The abatement of a nuisance does not prejudice the right of any person to recover damages for its past existence.
3490. No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.
I mean those who collect and sell (or have in a hackable location) my social security number, my mother's maiden name, my income, my email address etc. sam
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