The issue of data privacy is not a new one, and it has only continued to gain attention with the growing use of online technology between devices and applications. Th ese devices and apps have the ability to collect and share personal information on every increasing level.
In 2013, Target confirmed that credit and debit card information from 40 million customers had been stolen, and then later admitted that other information from 70 million people had been exposed. The result: Target paid $18.5 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia as part of a settlement with state attorneys …