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Study: 49 Million U.S. Adults Notified Of Data Breaches

Antone Gonsalves writes on InformationWeek:

An estimated 49 million U.S. adults have been told over the last three years that their personal information has been lost, stolen or improperly disclosed, a research firm said Friday.

Most of the notifications came from government agencies and financial institutions, according to a national survey conducted by Harris Interactive in October. While many of the respondents did not believe there was any harmful result of the data breach, a small but significant number thought they may have seen some damage.

posted by Fergie @ 11/10/2006 08:59:00 PM