Jack McCoy, a person who paying back all the loans that had to apply for his education received a letter from his university that the laptop computer with all his account information is stolen. The university set up a credit monitoring service for him, but it was expired after one year and he was worried that he is still at risk for being on the thousands of Dollars that someone using his identity could spend.
This was not the only case in 2008 because the data for more people was stolen from there and this was the largest breach of its kind. It is obvious that thieves will not commit identity thefts themselves but they sell the information to those who can make money from these identities.
Most of the credit card companies and banks offer some resources if customers are victim of the internet fraud. But when the company is the victim of crime, then it is unclear that who the main responsible of it is. Some events happen annually in lots of universities and businesses because of a simple mistake or the criminal acts. Many laws dealing with internet protection are not always able to catch up to evolving cybercrimes but, the Personal Data Privacy Act 2009 would require companies to notify anyone affected by a security breach in U.S.
From my point of view, the importance of personal information protection is increasing daily in result of raise in using of internet. It means that both individuals and also organizations such as banks or loan companies must be careful about the information. Governments must have strict laws and implement them seriously to protect information against theft or misusing.
P.S: www.topics.cnn.com
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