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Reckless with Records

By Swartz, Nikki
Publication: Information Management Journal
Date: Jan/Feb 2007 2007

According to research by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a San Diegobased consumer advocacy group, the number of records containing sensitive personal information involved in security breaches totaled 97,148,596 as of November 3, 2006.

Visit the Privacy Rights scoreboard at http://privacyrights.org/ar/ChronData

- Breaches.htm#Total to find out the up-to-date number as well as which companies have fumbled sensitive information.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

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  • Banner year for crisis managers
  • The economic slowdown means new business for firms that help troubled companies turn themselves around. Some so-called crisis managers are reporting 100%lo growth in revenue ......
  • Here's one way to enhance sales.
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  • Lockhead retains county data contract
  • Lockheed Martin Corp. led a team of four companies that won a $250 million contract to manage the Orange County government's data processing center and ......
  • Not for sale.
  • Stop companies from selling your information In the weeks leading up to July 1, 2001, as Miami resident Essie Mae Williams busily went about her ......
  • Housing road blocks
  • Affordability is one of the major challenges facing home builders in California. Only 27 percent of state residents can afford an average-priced home. According to ......
  • Reap project awards with renovation challenges. (Fast Talk).
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  • San Diego RV chain enters Spokane market
  • La Mesa RV Center, a big San Diegobased recreational-vehicle dealer, has bought the building and property at Liberty Lake formerly occupied by Foretravel Northwest, and ......
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  • PALM SPRINGS - Developer John Wessman announced last week that he had selected Robert J. Altevers as architect for his proposed re-design of the Desert ......