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NY Times Article: Information, Security?
Aug. 7th, 2005 03:29 pmAugust 7, 2005
Europe Zips Lips; U.S. Sells ZIPs
By ERIC DASH
IF the information is not already missing, 2005 might be recorded in the databanks of history as the year of the consumer privacy breach.
So far, American companies including financial services giants like Bank of America, Citigroup and MasterCard, and national retailers like DSW shoes and Ralph Lauren Polo, have announced data compromises. All told, the personal information of more than 50 million consumers has been lost, stolen and even sold to thieves.
Why is this happening here, and not, say, in Britain, Germany or France? One reason may be that every other Western country has a comprehensive set of national privacy laws and an office of data protection, led by a privacy commissioner.
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Europe Zips Lips; U.S. Sells ZIPs
By ERIC DASH
IF the information is not already missing, 2005 might be recorded in the databanks of history as the year of the consumer privacy breach.
So far, American companies including financial services giants like Bank of America, Citigroup and MasterCard, and national retailers like DSW shoes and Ralph Lauren Polo, have announced data compromises. All told, the personal information of more than 50 million consumers has been lost, stolen and even sold to thieves.
Why is this happening here, and not, say, in Britain, Germany or France? One reason may be that every other Western country has a comprehensive set of national privacy laws and an office of data protection, led by a privacy commissioner.
( Read more... )
