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93,754,333 Examples of Data Nonchalance

Tom Zeller Jr. writes in The New York Times:

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.

Or at least that’s the rough figure the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer advocacy organization in San Diego, has tallied thus far.

posted by Fergie @ 9/24/2006 10:03:00 PM