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I still find it infuriating that the punitive settlement for giving away extremely sensitive information was only... $34.34 per person impacted.

Why even have laws or fines if they're so toothless?

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That's the point. Politicians get paid (donated, contributed, whatever) to vote businesses' laws to benefit the business, not you. Toothless laws make a good sound bite but do nothing to help you.

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