The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Adventurous_5735 on 2024-11-14 00:35:34.

I’ve seen a lot of news about data breaches recently and I thought to myself how is this allowed to happen? A credit monitoring services is negligent and therefore your credit card information ends up for sale on the dark web, someone buys it and commits fraud in your name and you have your life destroyed all because a billion dollar company wanted to buy their CEO a new car.

If a data breach where sensitive information is leaked happens through gross negligence the company should be at least fined or shut down, but it would be even better if they get to spend time in prison for it. Think about it: Rich companies can ruin your life and they have their stock prices go down by $3 and then instantly regain it once they announce some bullshit AI plans, how is that fair?