Author page: Paul Sijben

Not long ago, I wrote that around €5 billion in damages were caused by transferring far too much information to a lab (which also had poor security). Meanwhile, the number of victims has already risen to almost 1 million! How do I arrive at such a high cost? Below is an overview of the costs…

Data security traditionally had been an abstract concept that only techies understood and lawyers talked about. You'd think that after the recent hack in which sensitive data from half a million people was stolen, including their full name, address, and social service number (BSN), this would change. That does not seem to be happening anytime…