Long-Term Liability For One-Time Security Breaches? 119
An anonymous reader writes "Not a month goes by where we don't hear about a theft of some organization's laptop containing sensitive personal information, not to mention the even more frequent — but often kept secret — breaches into company networks and databases. It is definitely true that you should be responsible for the security of your information when you handle it, but what happens when the theft of your information is not your fault? You have handed over this information to a company or organization and trusted them to keep is secure, but they failed. They might notify you of the breach or theft, and they might even set up a credit monitoring service for you for a year or two, but the problem is that this information may be used years from now. Is it fair that you have to worry for decades and pay for further credit monitoring when they are to blame for your information ending up in the wrong hands?"
Re:Information wants to be free (Score:5, Funny)
Did you seriously just complain that you have to give out your home address in order to have something delivered to you?
Re:Information wants to be free (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it should be "The CEO of your bank has agreed to waive the alleged debt, pay my outstanding legal and other costs and indemnify me against any future, plus an ex-gratia payment of fifty grand for my trouble. I have it in writing, with his photo ID right here. All witnessed and notarized".
You then hand over a note written with a crayon in childish writing, with a picture of a smiling face at the top and the bank officer's name scrawled underneath. In a different coloured crayon it says "it tru dat, signed my best pal", superimposed with a mucky handprint.
Well why not? Basically, that's what they've got against you.