• Title of article

    Data breachesandidentitytheft

  • Author/Authors

    William Roberds، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    918
  • To page
    929
  • Abstract
    An environmentisanalyzedinwhichagentsjoinclubs(paymentnetworks)inorderto facilitatetrade.Thenetworkscompilepersonalidentifyingdata(PID)soastomatch transactors totransactionshistories.Technologicallimitationscausethenetworks’data managementpracticestoimpacteachother’sincidenceandcostsofidentitytheft.Too muchdatacollectionandtoolittlesecurityariseinequilibriumwithnoncooperative networks comparedtotheefficientallocation.Anumberofpotentialremediesare analyzed: (1)reallocationsofdata-breachcosts,(2)mandatedsecuritylevels,and(3) mandatedlimitsontheamountofdatacollected
  • Keywords
    Identity theftIdentity fraudData breachFraudMoneySearch
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • Record number

    846342