Some Good News for Data Breach Victims, For A Change

Authors

Danielle K. Citron, Boston University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-21-2015

Language

en-US

Abstract

Hackers breach a company’s database, stealing consumers’ confidential financial information, real names, and home addresses. If consumers spend considerable time and money to minimize their risk of fraud, have they suffered harm? Does the increased risk of identity theft count as harm?

Recommended Citation

Danielle K. Citron, Some Good News for Data Breach Victims, For A Change , in Forbes (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/50

Publisher URL

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellecitron/2015/07/21/some-good-news-for-data-breach-victims-for-a-change/#d627874469a5