Punitive action against the company who collected the data and lost control of it.
Punitive penalties are typically just a monetary fine above and beyond damages, but exposing just how badly they screwed up to the public at large should provide a good financial penalty in addition to doing a public good (a reminder of how much "private" data is not actually private).
Punitive action against the company who collected the data and lost control of it.
Punitive penalties are typically just a monetary fine above and beyond damages, but exposing just how badly they screwed up to the public at large should provide a good financial penalty in addition to doing a public good (a reminder of how much "private" data is not actually private).