It is amazing how many organizations have your personal records on file on a computer somewhere. Many of us who shop online allow merchants to store our credit card information on their computers for easy checkout in the future. If you have a subscription, the merchant has your automatic payment information on a computer file. Health organizations such as hospitals and health insurance providers have your personal records stored on a computer somewhere. And do not forget the Government probably has your personal information stored on computers in dozens of places.
Most of us are familiar that hackers have breached several companies’ computers and have stolen personal information such as credit card numbers and social security numbers. What you may not know is that these computer security breaches continues. PrivacyRights.org posting: A Chronology of Data Breaches Since the ChoicePoint Incident keeps a running log of computer breaches where personal data was stolen.
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