Since 2010 there have been 2,149 reported breaches involving 176.4 million patient records and the rate is increasing each year. Record anonymity as supported by TrigID is the strongest defence.

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/mgh-study-finds-major-increase-in-us-healthcare-data-breaches

20,000 customers were affected by the recent Air Canada mobile data breach. That's 20,000 names, email addresses and passport numbers. Everything an identity thief needs. An anonymised customer database - as made possible by TrigID - would make such a breach pointless. #data #identity #TrigID

https://www.zdnet.com/article/air-canada-reveals-mobile-data-breach-passport-numbers-potentially-exposed/

Mexico's next government will look to fintech companies and large corporate banks to increase financial inclusion in the country, where only one-third of adults have a bank account. TrigID's new identity-linked crypto wallet will help to address this problem. #fininclusion #crypto #TrigID

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/mexicos-new-government-wants-fintech-banks-to-help-financial-inclusion

Investigators analyzed Medicaid benefit payments and discovered more than 110 people using the same name and Social Security number. The TrigID Identity Graph allows instant, more thorough checking that makes this kind of fraud impossible. #data #identity #TrigID

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/feds-arrest-undocumented-immigrants-who-stole-identities-hurricane-hit-puerto-n894896

T-Mobile loses "some" data including customer name associated with a phone number and email address. The horse has bolted, and phone numbers are now a key identifier. It's time we stored them safely using "zero knowledge" strategies like those used by TrigID. #data #identity #zeroknowledge

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3qpk5/t-mobile-hack-data-breach-api-customer-data

Australia's Reserve Bank calls for a coordinated approach to identity, but Government has shown that it can't unite its various arms in support of a usable and universal Identity framework. Let the people do it and etch it into blockchain. The TrigID project shows how. #identity #blockchain #TrigID

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/rba-warns-on-digital-identity-mess-511469

Australian government applies new MyHealthecord band-aid. But the risk is from hackers and unprincipled medical sector employees - not law enforcement. Time to rip the band-aid off and apply anonymity to our health records. The TrigID porject shows how. #anonymity #healthrecord #TrigID

https://www.healthcareit.com.au/article/canberra-chaos-health-minister-offers-resign-rebuffed-and-introduces-my-health-record

India has nearly half a billion active internet users and its government is pushing towards new data protection laws. Regulation is not enough, however. Anonymity and zero-knowledge storage - as provided by TrigID - is the only real protection for personal information. #datasecurity #anonymity #zeroknowledgeproof #TrigID

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sindhujabalaji/2018/08/03/india-finally-has-a-data-privacy-framework-what-does-it-mean-for-its-billion-dollar-tech-industry/#1e24198e70fe

More commentary on identity theft and its costs. Continually monitoring your accounts for unauthorized transactions is time-consuming and unreliable. Security of data through anonymity - as offered by TrigID - is the best solution. #datasecurity #anonymity #TrigID

http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/Colorado-ranked-2nd-riskiest-state-for-identity-theft---491065551.html

The Equifax data breach impacted nearly 147 million people, but few knew they were compromised and even fewer took action. Requirement to notify is just not enough, better protection using anomymity - as made possible by TrigID - is the answer. #datasecurity #anonymity #TrigID

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-equifax-breachconsumers-heard-action.html

Australia recorded 24 data breaches in the first six months of 2018 and more than 20 million records were exposed - nearly one for every person. We need better security technology and record anonymity - as supported by TrigID - provides it. #datasecurity #anonymity #TrigID

https://www.itwire.com/security/84058-australia-fifth-on-global-data-breach-list-for-hy2018.html

A new study by Pew Research has found that only 24% of people think big companies are doing enough to protect personal data. There's no excuse - personal information can be protected using anonymity. The TrigID project is showing how. #datasecurity #anonymity #TrigID

http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/06/28/public-attitudes-toward-technology-companies/

India is debating its data protection laws and leaking defense data at the same time. This illustrates just how significant the problem is. Anonymisation of personal information - as made possible by TrigID - should be part of any solution. #data #security #anonymity #trigID

http://www.atimes.com/indias-defense-data-leaked-as-it-debated-data-protection-law/

142 healthcare data breaches in the last three months in the US alone and 44 of these were by insiders. Record anonymity - as supported by TrigiD provides a layer of protection that will prevent most of these. #dataanonymity #TrigID

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/3.15m-records-exposed-by-142-healthcare-data-breaches-in-q2-2018

Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users. Already the largest collector of personal data, Facebook wants even more. If we want this to stop we need to anonymise corporate data and decentralise the social networks. Only TrigID makes these both possible. #dataanonymity #privacy #TrigID

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-banks-give-us-your-data-well-give-you-our-users-1533564049

Democrats are hoping to model the EU's GDPR and require that third parties get your “explicit and informed consent.” before seeing your data. That's impactical, many say - it was, before TrigID. #dataprivacy #trigID

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/democrats-draw-up-plans-to-mimic-gdpr-regulations-2018-7

A US government survey showed that three-quarters of American households using the internet have “significant concerns” about privacy and security risks. On-line privacy is now a powerful political issue.  The only real solution is enforced anonymity with "zero knowledge" verification - as provided by TrigID. #dataprivacy #anonymity #TrigID

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-privacy/trump-administration-working-on-consumer-data-privacy-policy-idUSKBN1KH2MK

More than 1 million American children were identity theft victims last year, resulting in losses of $2.7 billion. Our children need more identity protection than we're giving them- they need their personal data to be stored safely using TrigID. #identitytheft #data #trigID

http://komonews.com/news/consumer/what-every-parent-needs-to-know-about-child-identity-theft

Alibaba is making huge AI gains and helping China to become the dominant player. How? By leveraging the data it collects as the world's largest marketplace. The rest of us can only compete if we learn to share our data. The TrigID project is making safe collaboration possible. #data #AI #trigID

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/07/23/the-amazing-ways-chinese-tech-giant-alibaba-uses-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/#6da4b595117a

Timehop discloses July 4 data breach affecting 21 million people. Plenty of talk about improving encryption and enforcing 2FA, but no talk of removing personal information altogether. This form of breach protection- as supported by TrigID - is the best defence. #dataprotection #antidatabreach #trigID

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/timehop-discloses-july-4-data-breach-affecting-21-million/