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Breach-notification laws not working?
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-06-25

The breach-notification laws passed by many states have failed, so far, to produce a measurable impact on identity theft, according to a group of academic researchers that will present their findings on Thursday at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS).

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Breach-notification laws not working? 2008-06-26
Anonymous
That would be because the companies are not necessarily being entirely truthful. They will find any way to get around having to report. Even if it involves lying. I have witnessed it first hand.

When they try, they tend to do it rather half-assed. You know, what's best for the company, not the customer.

It's almost like the companies forget how they got where they are. FROM THE CUSTOMER!

You steal 100 identities or 1 identity and it's treated the same. At least where I live.

It's win-win for those that break the law.

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