The Equifax Data Breach: An Opportunity to Improve Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Efforts in America
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Buffalo Law Review
VOLUME 67 AUGUST 2019 NUMBER 4
The Equifax Data Breach: An Opportunity to
Improve Consumer Protection and
Cybersecurity Efforts in America
GREGORY S. GAGLIONE, JR.t
INTRODUCTION
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families
suffer every year!' Although this statement by Dwight
Schrute in an episode of The Office was intended to be a joke,
given the recent rise in data breaches, it is a reality to many
Americans today. A combined 200 million individuals were
affected by the Equifax and Uber data breaches alone in
2017.2 In total, over 2.5 billion records were compromised in
tJ.D., 2019, University at Buffalo School of Law; M.B.A., 2019 University at
Buffalo School of Management; B.A., Economics, 2015, University at Buffalo;
Publications Editor, Buffalo Law Review; Certified Information Privacy
Professional/United States. I am grateful for my colleagues at the Buffalo Law
Review for their time and effort editing this Comment. Special thanks goes to my
family and friends for their support and encouragement, especially my fianc6
Theresa Johnson. Without their love and support, this Comment would not be
possible.
1. The Office: Product Recall (NBC television broadcast April 26, 2007).
2. See Mike Isaac et al., Uber Hid 2016 Breach, Paying Hackers to Delete
Stolen Data, N.Y. TIMES (Nov. 21, 2017), https://www.nytimes.comJ2017/11/21/
technology/uber-hack.html; Equifax Inc., Equifax Announces Cybersecurity
Incident Involving Consumer Information, EQUIFAX (Sept. 7, 2017),
https://investor.equifax.com/news-and-events/news/2017/09-07-2017-213000628
[hereinafter EQUIFAX].
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