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Strict liability for data breaches?
Mark Rasch, 2006-02-20

A recent case involving a stolen laptop containing 550,000 people's full credit information sheds new night on what "reasonable" protections a company must make to secure its customer data - and what customers need to prove in order to sue for damages.

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Re: Strict liability for data breaches? 2006-02-23
Anonymous
By asking the question "What the court failed to do however is to ask the question: should it be? Can we reasonably do better?" You are asking the court to legislate which is exactly what they are not supposed to do. If the laws are not good enough then the lawmakers need to change them.
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