The data report was the result of an update Monday at the agency’s gun portal, the California Department of Justice said in a news release. Disclosed personal information of individuals who were granted or denied a concealment and firearms license between 2011 and 2021, including names, dates of birth, gender, race, driver’s license numbers, addresses and criminal records. According to documents obtained by The Tribune in February, 771 people have been licensed to conceal and carry weapons in San Luis Obispo. It is not clear how many residents have applied and been rejected. Tony Cipolla, a spokesman for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, told the Tribune that the office was awaiting figures from the DOJ on how many SLO residents had their information leaked. Cipolla said the sheriff had no comment on SLO residents in particular and directed The Tribune in a news release from the California State Sheriff’s Association, a team that includes San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson . “It is outrageous that people who comply with the law have been put at risk by this breach,” Butte County Sheriff and Union Sheriff Kory Honea said in a statement. “California sheriffs are very concerned about this data breach and the risk it poses to California CCW licensees.” Data from the Weapons Registry, Certified for Sale of Firearms, Dealer Sales Registry, Firearms Safety Certificate and Fire Violence Control Orders control panels were also affected by Monday’s data report, the DOJ reported. The data was available for less than 24 hours and the department removed the information and control panel from public display on Tuesday morning. The department said it would inform individuals whose data was exposed “in the coming days” and provide additional information and resources. It asks anyone with access to the information to respect the privacy of those whose data was exposed. Related stories from the San Luis Obispo Tribune Chloe Jones is a trial and crime journalist at the San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Phoenix, she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and her master’s degree in investigative journalism from Arizona State University. When she is not reporting, she likes to explore the countryside and abuse the two rescue dogs, Camilla and Bugsy Malone.
