[Dataloss] Tracking consequences of data loss

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And as an adjunct, the first fine ever was recently issues in a HIPPA case.
Though thousands of complaints are files annually, the agency 
governing them seems to be protecting the doctors and hospitals 
instead of the paitents.

At 14:47 10/11/2006, you wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 12:53:19PM -0500, Al Mac wrote:
>| Many organizations have sustained healthy fines from the FTC in the
>| aftermath of breach investigations that found the places that got breached
>| were negligent in some way.  I have seen fines in the $ millions.
>
>Where many is 15 out 400?  Or is my mental list short of fines?
>
>| At least one place has had to declare bankrupsy and go out of business, as
>| a result of the loss of confidence in them that came about due to the
>| circumstances of the breach, where their business was entirely dependent
>| upon the major credit card brands trusting them or approving their security
>| arrangements.
>
>Cardsystems managed to sell their assets to Paybytouch.
>
>Adam
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>Tracking more than 136 million compromised records in 416 incidents 
>over 6 years.

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