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Posted by Randy Gainer

The daily reports of data regarding individuals being lost or stolen typically emphasize the costs businesses and government agencies will incur to respond to the incidents. TJX, for example, reportedly incurred $20 million in costs during the first three months of 2007 related to the theft of payment card data from its stores in 2005 and 2006.  Given the large number of reported incidents of personal data being lost and stolen, it is surprising that organizations that collect and store large amounts of sensitive information do not take adequate precautions to secure it.

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Posted by Ronald London

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission offered testimony before the Ohio state legislature’s Privacy and Public Records Access Study Committee regarding the part government agencies play in identity theft. The FTC told the Committee that public agencies can “play a key role in reducing the incidence and impact of identity theft.”  They can do so, said Betsy Broder, Assistant Director of the FTC’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, by limiting the amount of personally identifiable information they collect, restricting access to the information, and implementing procedures to respond to data breaches.

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