Back in June, an intern with the State of Ohio was entrusted with a backup designated for “offsite storage”. The backup was stolen from the intern’s car, along with a radar detector, on June 10th. Now, let’s not quibble over the fact that sensitive information was entrusted to an intern. Nor should we dwell on the seemingly braindead decision of using said intern’s home as the “offsite storage location” for the backup. Instead, we should focus on the fact that the loss of approximately 1.3 million records is expected to cost teh state of Ohio $3 million! Of that sum, $2.3 million is for enrollment in credit protection services offered by Debix, Inc . This service runs $99 per year for the average person to sign-up for. At the rate we are going, I would suggest not paying the $99 and just waiting for your personal data to get lost and having the costs absobed by the offending entity.
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