Project 1 1 Examining Data Breaches Textual Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Prc Nonprofit Org Q43819441
Project 1-1: Examining Data Breaches—Textual
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofitorganization whose goals are to raise consumers’ awareness of howtechnology affects personal privacy and empower consumers to takeaction to control their own personal information. The PRC maintainsa searchable database of security breaches that impact consumer’sprivacy. In this project, you gather information from the PRCwebsite.
1. Open a web browser and enter the URL www.privacyrights.org(if you are no longer able to access the site through the webaddress, use a search engine to search for “Privacy RightsClearinghouse data breach.”
2. First spend time reading about the PRC by clicking LEARNMORE.
3. Click Data Breaches at the top of the page.
4. In the search bar enter a school, organization, or businesswith which you are familiar to determine if it has been the victimof an attack in which your data has been compromised.
5. Click Data Breaches to return to the main Data Breachespage.
6. Now create a customized list of the data that will only listdata breaches of educational institutions. Under Selectorganization type(s), check only EDU- Educational Institutions.
7. Click Search Data Breaches.
8. Read the Breach Subtotal information. How many breaches thatwere made public pertain to educational institutions? How manytotal records were stolen?
9. Scroll down and observe the breaches for educationalinstitutions.
10. Scroll back to the top of the page. Click New Data BreachSearch.
11. Now search for breaches that were a result of lost,discarded, or stolen equipment that belonged to the government andmilitary. Under Choose the type of breaches to display, checkPortable device (PORT) – Lost, discarded or stolen laptop, PDA,smartphone, portable memory device, CD, hard drive, data tape,etc.
12. Under Select organization type(s), check GOV – Government& Military.
13. Click Search Data Breaches.
14. Read the Breach Subtotal by clicking the Download Results(CSV) file.
15. Open the file and then scroll down the different breaches.What should the government be doing to limit these breaches?
16. Scroll back to the top of the page. Click New Data BreachSearch.
17. Now create a search based on criteria that you areinterested in, such as the Payment Card Fraud againstRetail/Merchants during the current year.
18. When finished, close all windows.
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