After data loss, ID theft risk soars

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

About one in nine consumers receives a Dear John data letter each
year, and nearly half of all consumers have received at least one
since the year 2000, when California law forced these kinds of
disclosures on corporations and government agencies, according to a
new study.  The letters have become so familiar that many folks just
ignore them and relegate them to the junk mail heap. But that's a big
mistake.  That same study shows consumers who receive such a notice
are four times more likely to be hit with identity theft than members
of the general population.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/11/i-call-them-dear-john-data-letters-because-of-the-bad-news-they-bring-and-their-decidedly-warm-and-fuzzy-tone--dear-consume.html
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