PII lost, stolen or compromised through human error. Cybersecurity concerns. Health data lost. Amidst this month’s onslaught of breach reports from across the globe, the world’s premiere search engine is acknowledging just how devastating a breach could be. “If Google were to have a significant data breach today, of any kind, it would be terrible for the company,” Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has said. However, as The Wall Street Journal reports, he has also indicated Google CEO Larry Page “is ‘so wired’ to the risks that it is ‘inconceivable’ that a major data loss would occur.” In this exclusive for The Privacy Advisor, we round-up an already very busy month in data breaches and responses.
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