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Everything he did to Experian doesn't sound like a crime, more like a violation of TOS.

• rectang 6y ago
  And that's the problem. Experian has insufficient incentive to keep this data safely stored away. Experian acts as if the data belongs to Experian, allowing them to sell it under a TOS, but when criminals get a hold of it, no harm comes to Experian — it's not a physical asset they can lose ownership of entirely. Instead, all the harm crashes down on the individuals whose identities are swimming in that data.
  • alasdair_ 6y ago
    One solution would be to have PII, especially sensitive PII, be owned by the person it identifies. Of course, this would cause lots of problems for businesses like credit reporting agencies.
    • myself248 6y ago
      Oh, darn.
  • Loughla 6y ago
    This really, really pisses me off about society today. Never once has my identity been compromised by my actions, in the 4 times it happened, it was due to credit card companies and credit agencies. I have zero control over how they protect my data. But their ad campaigns would have me believe that I have to take control of my data to protect myself. How? I don't even know what you have about me, where it's stored, how it's stored, how it's accessed, why it's accessed, and how to lock it. How could the individual possibly be on the hook for this nonsense? Why is this allowed?