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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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Missed the point - Breach-notification laws not working? 2008-06-30
Anonymous
The study missed the point. Breach notification laws are not intended to reduce the occurrence of breaches or identity theft, they are intended to ensure that the consumers who are exposed as a result know that they are victims.

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