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Re:“The mother of all breaches”: 26 billion records found on... by crotchfire on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @01:17AM (#39114233)
> incentivizes holding as little personal data as possible

The government does not want to incentivize that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine

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Re:“The mother of all breaches”: 26 billion records found on... by grotorea on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @11:20AM (#39119164)
I get the impression incentivizing holding little personal data is one of the goals of GDPR
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Re:“The mother of all breaches”: 26 billion records found on... by crotchfire on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @10:14PM (#39125853)
Fair enough, I should have said "The US government does not want..."

Mention of attorneys general and social security numbers in OP's posting put me in a US mindset.

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