A Law for Digital Security

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/opinion/digital-security-law.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Equifax’s Maddening Response” (Op-Ed, Sept. 12):

Zeynep Tufekci is exactly right about holding technology companies accountable for digital security.

We need a digital bill of rights to enshrine consumer ownership of all online data and legal and financial culpability of companies with lax security and privacy standards. Stakeholders from all sides should be consulted to make sure that the digital rights of consumers are protected and that companies are not overburdened by hard-to-follow regulations.

Slip-ups will happen, but let data breaches of this scale be something we look back at and shudder.

CONOR CARROLL, OAKLAND, CALIF.