Private Information Been Stolen? Call the Data Sheriff!
/EINPresswire.com/ (Toronto, Ontario)—According to "The New York Times," Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal are pressing Congress to adopt federal legislation to protect information privacy as breaches continue to mount.
Three weeks ago hackers stole over 77 million customers' private information from Sony's Playstation 3 Game System which included over 12 million credit and debit card numbers. And recently AT&T lost over 100,000 customers' email addresses through a glitch in their IPAD platform.
"Every new piece of technology enjoys its own Golden Era," says Dr. Nick Bontis, author of "Information Bombardment: Rising above the Digital Onslaught." "Currently the Internet is experiencing its own, but those days are numbered."
According to Bontis, new technologies revolutionize social behaviors long before their effects on society are understood. Therefore management and legislation needed to protect consumers constantly lag behind. Regulations are inevitable in time.
Currently no federal laws exist for providing standards for consumer protection information on the Web according to "The New York Times." States have been left to clean up the mess, but resources are limited. As a result mishaps occur without repercussions.
"We have been on an information joyride over the last few decades," says Bontis. "We crave ever-increasing amounts of information without any regard to its effects or risks. Skills in managing information bombardment and safeguarding privacy are crucial as we move forward."
In his book, Dr. Bontis highlights several statistics demonstrating how much information currently traverses the Web:
* More than 31 billion email messages are sent on a daily basis
* Of all Internet-based messages, 83 percent are spam
* Cell phone subscriptions now exceed 5 billion worldwide
* Average daily text messages sent worldwide exceed 200,000
* More than 2 billion people are now Internet active in the world
"Despite the explosion of information circulating on the Internet, no privacy protection is in place," says Dr. Bontis. "No one is holding Sony truly accountable for the latest breach. They are likely struggling with information management along with everyone else."
In addition to discussions regarding information privacy, Dr. Bontis offers many solutions for information bombardment in his book for individuals as well as organizations. Information bombardment isn't likely to go away, so developing better information skills is essential.
About the Author:
Dr. Nick Bontis was named a 2010 Top 5 speaker world-wide for management and one of the world's top management gurus of 2010, along with such luminaries as Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Michael Porter, and Jim Collins. He is an internationally sought-after management consultant and keynote speaker, hand-picked by the United Nations, the US Navy, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Century 21, and others to help navigate the knowledge era. He is a popular TV and radio personality, a leading academic researcher and an award-winning, tenured professor of strategic management at McMaster University. As one of the world's most cited authors in the fields of intellectual capital and knowledge management, he has amassed over a dozen prestigious teaching and research awards. He was recently recognized as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, an exclusive honor bestowed upon the top professors in the nation.
For more information, contact Dr. Bontis at nick@bontis.com or visit www.InformationBombardment.com.
"Information Bombardment" is available on Amazon.com.
Three weeks ago hackers stole over 77 million customers' private information from Sony's Playstation 3 Game System which included over 12 million credit and debit card numbers. And recently AT&T lost over 100,000 customers' email addresses through a glitch in their IPAD platform.
"Every new piece of technology enjoys its own Golden Era," says Dr. Nick Bontis, author of "Information Bombardment: Rising above the Digital Onslaught." "Currently the Internet is experiencing its own, but those days are numbered."
According to Bontis, new technologies revolutionize social behaviors long before their effects on society are understood. Therefore management and legislation needed to protect consumers constantly lag behind. Regulations are inevitable in time.
Currently no federal laws exist for providing standards for consumer protection information on the Web according to "The New York Times." States have been left to clean up the mess, but resources are limited. As a result mishaps occur without repercussions.
"We have been on an information joyride over the last few decades," says Bontis. "We crave ever-increasing amounts of information without any regard to its effects or risks. Skills in managing information bombardment and safeguarding privacy are crucial as we move forward."
In his book, Dr. Bontis highlights several statistics demonstrating how much information currently traverses the Web:
* More than 31 billion email messages are sent on a daily basis
* Of all Internet-based messages, 83 percent are spam
* Cell phone subscriptions now exceed 5 billion worldwide
* Average daily text messages sent worldwide exceed 200,000
* More than 2 billion people are now Internet active in the world
"Despite the explosion of information circulating on the Internet, no privacy protection is in place," says Dr. Bontis. "No one is holding Sony truly accountable for the latest breach. They are likely struggling with information management along with everyone else."
In addition to discussions regarding information privacy, Dr. Bontis offers many solutions for information bombardment in his book for individuals as well as organizations. Information bombardment isn't likely to go away, so developing better information skills is essential.
About the Author:
Dr. Nick Bontis was named a 2010 Top 5 speaker world-wide for management and one of the world's top management gurus of 2010, along with such luminaries as Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Michael Porter, and Jim Collins. He is an internationally sought-after management consultant and keynote speaker, hand-picked by the United Nations, the US Navy, Microsoft, IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Century 21, and others to help navigate the knowledge era. He is a popular TV and radio personality, a leading academic researcher and an award-winning, tenured professor of strategic management at McMaster University. As one of the world's most cited authors in the fields of intellectual capital and knowledge management, he has amassed over a dozen prestigious teaching and research awards. He was recently recognized as a 3M National Teaching Fellow, an exclusive honor bestowed upon the top professors in the nation.
For more information, contact Dr. Bontis at nick@bontis.com or visit www.InformationBombardment.com.
"Information Bombardment" is available on Amazon.com.
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