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Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin, ''Much Ado About Notification: Does the Rush to Pass State-Level Data Security Regulations Benefit Consumers?'', Regulation, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2006). [ | Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin, ''Much Ado About Notification: Does the Rush to Pass State-Level Data Security Regulations Benefit Consumers?'', Regulation, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2006). | ||
[www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv29n1/v29n1-5.pdf ''Web''] | |||
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Data security breaches have received considerable public attention of late, and have prompted several states to mandate that firms whose data may have been compromised to notify their customers of the security breaches. This study finds that the costs of a notification requirement are likely to be substantially higher than the benefits. Even for consumers whose data have been compromised, the probability of being a victim of fraud is so low - only 2 percent - that little action is justified. Overall, | Data security breaches have received considerable public attention of late, and have prompted several states to mandate that firms whose data may have been compromised to notify their customers of the security breaches. This study finds that the costs of a notification requirement are likely to be substantially higher than the benefits. Even for consumers whose data have been compromised, the probability of being a victim of fraud is so low - only 2 percent - that little action is justified. Overall, the authors estimate that the expected benefits of mandatory notification are very small - less than $10 per compromised individual. | ||
==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ||
'' * Outline key points of interest | '' * Outline key points of interest | ||
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Full Title of Reference
Much Ado About Notification: Does the Rush to Pass State-Level Data Security Regulations Benefit Consumers?
Full Citation
Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin, Much Ado About Notification: Does the Rush to Pass State-Level Data Security Regulations Benefit Consumers?, Regulation, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2006).
[www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv29n1/v29n1-5.pdf Web]
Categorization
Issues: Information Sharing/Disclosure
Key Words
Data security breaches
Synopsis
Data security breaches have received considerable public attention of late, and have prompted several states to mandate that firms whose data may have been compromised to notify their customers of the security breaches. This study finds that the costs of a notification requirement are likely to be substantially higher than the benefits. Even for consumers whose data have been compromised, the probability of being a victim of fraud is so low - only 2 percent - that little action is justified. Overall, the authors estimate that the expected benefits of mandatory notification are very small - less than $10 per compromised individual.
Additional Notes and Highlights
* Outline key points of interest