{"id":505,"date":"2009-08-26T07:31:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T07:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2025-08-18T01:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:39:32","slug":"a-brief-teach-on-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/a-brief-teach-on-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Teach On Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today\u2019s guest post comes from Robert E. Bershad, a former attorney and a B2B communications professional who writes articles about the internet<\/em> and<\/em> information technology.  He may be reached at<\/em> rbershad@comcast.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since January 2005, over 263 million electronic records have been compromised in the United States alone, according to the <\/span>Privacy Rights Clearinghouse<\/span><\/a>. These records, many containing personally identifying information, were compromised through <\/span>data breaches<\/span><\/em>: a hack, a stolen laptop, a misplaced backup drive, etc. If your company collects personally identifying information and someone breaches the security of your data, then you may have to notify the people in your database. If you don\u2019t, your company could suffer millions of dollars in fines and litigation, loss of reputation, and other complications we would all prefer to do without.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the law in forty-five states and Washington, DC. These laws are called \u201cData Breach Notification Acts.\u201d Their purpose is to warn people that their personal information may have fallen into the wrong hands. And it is your responsibility to let them know.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course just because there has been a breach doesn\u2019t mean someone is pouring over the personal data for malicious ends. But in some states, that doesn\u2019t matter. If you simply have a \u2018reasonable belief that identity thieves or the like are responsible, then you still have a duty to notify.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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