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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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Judge Made Law 2006-02-24
Mark D. Rasch
Virtually all of tort law is judge made. There are almost no statutes on the books proscribing what constitutes "negligence" or "reasonable care." Indeed, the entire CONCEPT of negligence exists only in the common law (judge made.)

Indeed, the LAW doesnt need to be changed -- its relatively s...

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