Visit PrivacyRights.org to see the types of publicly available information about data breaches. How might researchers use this information to study breaches?

By studying the recent data breaches and understanding the different ways that they happen, we can come up with solutions to prevent them from happening again. Researchers can use this information to assist in determining what policies and laws we require to protect everyone’s information and to notify them if it gets stolen. The information made available can be used to see the different ways that breaching is executed and what types of information are more susceptible to being stolen or altered. Currently, there are few policies and laws regarding cyber security and people are taking advantage of the situation by hacking databases and leaking it to the public or keeping it to themselves and stealing identities in order to ruin people financially. As a result of studying these reports and articles, researchers may come up with a solution to lead us into a more secure future.