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Liability for Data Breaches are Minimal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the be-more-careful dept.

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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  1. Re:Nice. by Mo+Bedda · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Grammar for Article Submitters are Minimal?

    All your grammar are belong to us!

  2. Re:Well by Monkeys!!! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, no actually. A locked house isn't reasonable protection (at least not in Australia). You should have all your firearms in a locked gun cabinet.