Most of the talk about protecting users’ privacy on the Web has centered on preventing the collection of information that would aid companies in creating targeted ad campaigns. I appreciate the efforts of all those people — from the myriad consumer watchdog groups to former presidential candidates Sens. John Kerry and John McCain — pushing for legislation that would protect me from the annoyance of spam emails and popup ads. But I wish they would expend more time and energy looking for ways to stop data breaches like those experienced by Sony the past couple of weeks.
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The Sony Wake-up Call: Time to Get Serious About Data Protection
Posted by: Sidney Hill May 6, 2011 05:00 AMMost of the talk about protecting users’ privacy on the Web has centered on preventing the collection of information that would aid companies in creating targeted ad campaigns. I appreciate the efforts of all those people — from the myriad consumer watchdog groups to former presidential candidates Sens. John Kerry and John McCain — pushing for legislation that would protect me from the annoyance of spam emails and popup ads. But I wish they would expend more time and energy looking for ways to stop data breaches like those experienced by Sony the past couple of weeks.