There are numerous resources on privacyrights.org at researcher’s disposal to conduct studies on data breaches. The most useful of these resources are the various reports available on data breach notifications within the US. Each year this website collates data on data breaches within the US to gain a better idea of trends, trouble areas, and levels of transparency that each state requires. It then breaks this data down based on your choices, such as by state, category of breach, or organization type. This information can give researchers definitive historical data with which to conduct research.

This website also informs users of various data protection laws. This can be advantageous to researchers to give them a better idea of why and how organizations report breaches, and how the trends noted in the collated breach data contributes to and influences future legislation to help control data breaches.

Lastly, another useful resource is the section on future legislation advocacy. This can allow researchers to glean in formation on not only past events, but potential future events. They can then compare how proposed future legislation compares to past legislation.