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

The database at PrivacyRights.org currently contains over 70,000 reported data breaches in detail, including the nature of the breach, number of people affected, and type of data breached. This would be a fertile ground for researchers to analyze trends and breach impacts and inform policy development accordingly. It can be used to study the frequency, scope, and sector-specific patterns of breaches for improving data security practices, developing regulations, and understanding vulnerabilities to improve protection strategies. This will be an important contribution to increasing research in data privacy and breach prevention.