[pchelpers] News:Consumers baulk at returning to hacked stores

By John Leyden
17 Apr 2007 14:35
Breach of trust


Consumers are wary about returning to shop at retailers that have been
the subject of security breaches, according to a new study.

The survey of 1,200 UK consumers revealed that the majority would take
their business elsewhere in the event of loss of customer data as a
result of a security breach or hack attack.

One in seven of the high income earners among those quizzed in the poll
confessed to having been the victim of data theft. Four in five (82 per
cent) would expect to be notified immediately in the event of a data
breach, an issue brought to the fore by the recent high profile security
flap involving the loss of up to 45 million card records by discount
retailer TJX.

More here:
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/04/17/data_breach_survey/
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