I think my biggest issue with the leak of private information like this is the fact that it is so common these days that companied don't really even take it seriously. They will say they are going to give you three months of identity protection, but that's about it. I think there should be much larger monetary penalties when they are careless with your data.
With the European GDPR many huge penalties have been given already to some major companies.
Uber just got fined 324 milion euro for leaking sensitive driver data.
But fining companies after a leakage isn't solving the problem.
But the problem also is that people dont care a lot about their privacy. As long as they hey stuff for free.
Most people dont care that apps get access to all our contacts, mails or photos.
They have a "I've got nothing to hide"-attitude.
I wonder how much of that money gets to the end users though. They are the ones who should be compensated. Just imposing a fine and keeping the money is a joke.
Yeah. It seems almost "expected" by the companies, doesn't it? This particular company went bankrupt quick smart, but it was also a contractor for the government, which meant there were some pretty high-profile people in the list. But, it also tells what kind of security screening the governments do.
That's pretty bad. I know my wife has the official notes she keeps and then she has her personal ones that she keeps in her head for a lot of her students.