Data Protection and Privacy
A few days ago, T-Mobile announced a data breach consisting of Social Security numbers, drivers license information, and credit cards for over 40 million people. I was a Sprint member until T-Mobile purchased Sprint and all of my customer information was assimilated into their terrible data protection system. No, this is not the first time T-Mobile had a breach and you'd think they would buckle down and strengthen their network to avoid such things. This is not the first time my data has been breached. Equifax, Target, and smaller company like the parking app used around Chicago. This begs me to ask, when are we going to fix this? First, we need to take data protection and privacy seriously. The social security number you have was not intended for credit reporting. There aren't enough safeguards in the system to protect the money you have invested in social security once a person has your number, and all of the items found on your drivers license. Your drivers license and ide