Corporations seen as a bigger threat to data privacy than cyber criminals

Ahead of this Sunday's (January 28) Data Privacy Day, enterprise cyber security company Tripwire has conducted a poll of Twitter users asking who they were most concerned about collecting their private information. Of the more than 300 people who took part, 40 percent say they would be most worried about corporations stealing their information. While nearly a third (27 percent) say they are most concerned about the government gathering their critical data. However, only 21 percent gave identity theft by criminals as being their main concern. Just 12 percent were concerned about online stalkers and harassers storing their private information.… [Continue Reading]