No, seriously
(Posted by cwalsh)
Somebody -- I want to say Rich Mogull, but I cannot find the reference -- wrote sarcastically about breach notices almost always saying "At $COMPANY we take security seriously...." as they report how, well...you know.
I just finished scanning 183 notice letters I got from New York, covering the last half of 2006. Using an extremely inelegant hack involving pdftotext and grep, I can report that a mere 35 of the 183 contain the word "seriously".
Update: In the comments, Rich says it wasn't him. Dan Gillmor is the leading candidate.
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I think you're thinking of Dan Solove, on privacy policies, not breach notices.
Posted by: Adam | February 27, 2007 10:30 PM
Dan Gillmor's blog, perhaps?
They Take it Seriously? Oh, Sure
Posted by: Dissent | February 28, 2007 7:29 AM
Definitely not Solove.
Gillmor looks like it might have been it (p=.75).
Posted by: Chris | February 28, 2007 8:46 AM
Sorry, wasn't me. But I remember reading the same thing someplace and wish I wrote it...
Posted by: Rich Mogull | February 28, 2007 10:33 AM