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bigfudgelast Monday at 11:35 AM1 replyview on HN

You might not like this law (and I'm agnostic on it) but I think the principle that individuals should be held accountable when laws are broken is important. Otherwise we just have token fines and corporate non-compliance because the risks don't outweigh the potential financial benefits.

I think people at Experian should have gone to jail, for example, for their incompetence and negligence in regards data breaches.


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NoMoreNicksLeftlast Monday at 2:06 PM

Which people? The responsibility is distributed across hundreds, the decisions that led to the breach were made by committees, etc.

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