[privacy] 93,754,333 Examples of Data Nonchalance

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:03:04 -0000, Fergie said:

> Less than two years into the great cultural awakening to the
> vulnerability of personal data, companies and institutions of every
> shape and size - like the data broker ChoicePoint, the credit card
> processor CardSystems Solutions, media companies like Time Warner and
> dozens of colleges and universities across the land - have collectively
> fumbled 93,754,333 private records.

And given that most of the breaches have been in the US, it's safe to guess
that most of the 93M have been US resident's records.  With the population
sitting at just under 300M, that means a 1 in 3 chance your stuff has
been swiped.

Yowza.


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