The implications are grim, including the sale of private data to criminal gangs, the loss of sensitive information to hackers, and the direct misuse of American tax returns.
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And this does not include costs related to the loss of proprietary information.
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Indeed, it was widely assumed that many companies did not report loss of confidential information or a disruption to their computer system caused by a cyber incident for fear of damaging their reputation with investors, customers, and their employees, and highlighting their vulnerabilities.
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Despite this, and prior to recently released guidelines from the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission, there were no guidelines as to when a corporation should publicly disclose the loss of confidential information or disruption to a system caused by a cyber incident even where the incident caused financial losses.
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These include the heightened risk of industrial espionage during inspections and the possible loss of proprietary business information through other means.
Indirect costs will likely include the loss of proprietary business information during intrusive inspections by international monitors and lost production time due to these inspections -- that may take as long as ten business days.
As a result of increasing threats to the integrity and privacy of personal information, it was deemed necessary to implement protections for individuals to counter the rising incidents of theft, loss, and abuse of personal information that was attendant to the recent expansion of information technology and electronic communication.
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If the pragmatic gains in terms of information yielded are dubious, the loss to America in terms of public opinion are clear and horrifically large.
Not all of the information is known yet, but beyond the loss of jobs, it turns out the stock they owned was in a company that no longer exists.
To determine the extent of memory loss, the doctor may check your loved one's knowledge of general information such as the name of the current president and assess his or her ability to recall a random list of words.
Reviewing the situation for cultural heritage in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, they pointed to a lack of reliable information about the status of cultural heritage sites and institutions, the loss of previously established working relations with key institutions and individuals, the threat of neglect of heritage protection brought about by social and economic emergencies and the constantly changing conditions, as posing particular difficulty.
Therefore, the loss of a smartphone can lead to the risk of leaking personal information.
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They have captured key al Qaeda operatives, information from which has led us to prevent the loss of American lives.
Unfortunately, intercepted communications can mean a significant loss of revenue for corporations that have unknowingly revealed trade secrets or business information that an agile competitor can exploit.
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Ms. Taylor, the director of access technologies at the NFB, which represents an estimated 25 million adults with vision loss, said she can usually figure out which bit of her personal information goes into which box, given her area of expertise.
It is difficult to "troubleshoot" your weight loss efforts without more information, but your struggle brings up a couple of important points.
"If you attempt to impose ... a credit card and registration model ... there will be a substantial loss of readership, " said David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, describing part of the plaintiffs' strategy.
Presented with the prospect of its loss, many might prefer to eschew even the huge benefits that the new information economy promises.
Relinquishing personal information on a pop-up box or unknown source could lead to the loss of money or identity theft.
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This inadvertent loss is from such things as our employees emailing sensitive information to vendors or a laptop full of information being lost or stolen.
It is easy to imagine other circumstances where this information could have exposed people to identity fraud and possible financial loss through no fault of their own.
The Hearing Loss Association of America ( www.hearingloss.org) has links to dozens of sites with information on finding hearing professionals and advocacy groups, as well as sites for specific groups, such as musicians and veterans.
Mr Hammond said the government had received information that the hostage situation had been brought to an end and that there had been "further loss of life".
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