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Was 2007 the Year of the Data Breach?
Happy New Year from Me & Me. Now’s the time of year when we all look to make a fresh start and make changes for the better. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s report on data breaches in 2007 gives good reason to seek improvement in the New Year. According to the 2007 ITRC Breach Report, there were 446 reported data breaches affecting just shy of 128 million personal records. It’s a large increase from their 2006 report, where almost 20 million individuals were affected. On the positive side, greater attention to privacy laws is getting organizations to fess up when these breaches happen, allowing people to take action to protect themselves from identity theft if critical information gets exposed.
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