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Value of Personal Data Depends on Who You Ask: Trustwave Research

A happy reader of this newsletter told me recently that what he likes is knowing when nothing important has happened. Ouch! But fair enough, and today is one of those days. So let’s talk about a clever Trustwave study that calculated the different values placed on personal data by security professionals, insurers, regulators, and cyber criminals. Turns out, the market value of your data to criminals is insultingly low. No information on the values assigned by marketers or the consumers themselves.