“Mental health professionals say data breaches and other cyber crimes are increasingly taking a heavy psychological toll on the millions of Americans whose personal information is plundered by fraudsters.” USA Today Article, Feb. 2020.
Secure every method of collecting data—whether over the phone, by mail, through email, via web forms, or from affiliates or other third parties—against snooping and data theft. Follow established practices, such as ensuring that any communication carrying potentially sensitive information is encrypted and secure, to protect your users’ data in transit.
72% of consumers will avoid buying from companies that they believe do not protect their personal information (2014).
“The fault for breaches almost always lies with insufficient security practices by the affected company, not by the victims of the breach,” says Adam Aviv, associate professor of computer science at George Washington University.
“U.S. residents are overwhelmingly concerned about ransomware attacks (77% very/somewhat concerned) and agree that foreign ransomware and other cyber-attacks on U.S. infrastructure and manufacturing should be treated as acts of terrorism (86%).” Mitre-Harris Poll, 2022.
