Every year, countless emails hit our inboxes telling us that our personal information was accessed, shared, or stolen in a data breach. In many cases, there is little we can do.
If these companies practiced a privacy first approach and focused on data minimization, only collecting and storing what they absolutely need... many data breaches would be far less harmful.
Once all that personal data is stolen, it can be used against the breach victims for ransomware, and to send unwanted attacks. The psychological risks can include anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
This year we've got some real stinkers, ranging from private health information to-you guessed it-credit cards and social security numbers.
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