Re: Data Loss versus Identity Theft

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

Data Loss:   When Data goes missing.  Would offer that this could 
include stealing or loosing of a wallet or stealing or loosing A CD with 
20 Million veterans Records.

Identity Theft: When someone uses someone's else Personal Identifiable 
Information  for their own gain.

And by my "definition" Data Loss does not necessarily have to result in 
ID theft nor does ID theft have to be because of Data Loss.

In My Opinion,  the key question is:  At what level of granularity does 
this data need to be collected/centralized?   NOT certain that there is 
a  "server farm" big enough to record every case of  either data loss or 
ID theft, not to mention the resources required to "feed" the monster(s). 








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