The ChoicePoint Syndrome

In a post to RISKS DIGEST, Robert Ellis Smith collects recently reported wholesale privacy breaches.

To appreciate THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT, Privacy Journal newsletter in its May issue compiled the following list of breaches of sensitive personal information, disclosed just since January. It's not an atypical list for a three-month period, but breaches are obviously getting more press attention...

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