Liability for Data Breaches are Minimal

vandon submitted a Security Focus bit about liability and identity theft. The article talks about a contractor's laptop containing a half a million records of private student loan information being stolen. The court ruled that since "Reasonable" precautions had been taken, the loan company need not be held strictly liable for their customers damages.

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Re:YOU are the first line of defense

[MrNaz]

"they are" contracts to "they're", not "their".

This is really starting to get to me. If you think you're smart enough to have an opnion, then learn to talk gooder before you bludgeon me with it.