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Data Breaches: Congress Still Dithering

Roy Mark writes on internetnews.com:

Since the now infamous ChoicePoint data breach 17 months ago, Congress has angrily talked of holding data brokers accountable for the security of consumers' personal identifiable information.

So far, it's still just that: talk.

In the interim, The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has documented data security breaches affecting almost 90 million people who have had their personal information potentially exposed by unauthorized access to their data.

The list of offenders is long, including Bank of America, LexisNexis, DSW, MCI, Ameritrade, Time Warner, Boeing, Ford Motor Company, Verizon, MasterCard, Wells Fargo, the American Red Cross and a host of colleges and government agencies.

posted by Fergie @ 8/04/2006 12:02:00 AM