How useful, really, are the steps you can take after a data breach?

Planet Money

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4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The dreaded data breach notification... It tells you your personal data's been compromised and suggests steps you can take to minimize the potential harm. On today's episode, Kenny Malone pulls out a data breach letter he received and goes over what it recommends with Amanda Aronczyk. Amanda recently did a show about the legal and illegal markets for data and tells us how useful these steps actually are. It's news you can use to protect yourself, whether or not you've been part of a data breach.

This normally would be a bonus episode just for Planet Money+ listeners. With this being the season of giving though, we're sharing this one with everyone! To hear more bonus content like this, regular episodes sponsor-free, and support the work of NPR, sign up for Planet Money+ at plus.npr.org.

Related links:
Data Breach Response: A Guide for Business (FTC)
Have you been affected by a data breach? (FTC)
Your Technology Is Tracking You. Take These Steps For Better Online Privacy (Life Kit)
What happens after you get scammed? Can you get your money back? (Planet Money)
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons (cybersecurity and privacy podcast)
Experian (credit bureau)
TransUnion (credit bureau)
Equifax (credit bureau)

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0:00.0	This is Eric Glass.
0:01.3	On This American Life, we specialize in compelling stories from everyday life.
0:05.1	I was like, wow, you literally just died and came back.
0:08.9	And the first thing you ask is, do you need any money?
0:13.8	Your life stories, really good ones, in your podcast feed, This American Life.
0:24.4	This. This American Live. This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:29.9	Hello, I am Kenny Malone.
0:32.3	And I'm Amanda Oranjic.
0:33.7	And we are here because, of course, the season of giving is upon us, the spirit of giving.
0:39.3	And in that spirit, Amanda, we at Planet Money would like to share with everyone, a sample of what our bonus content sounds like.
0:47.8	So usually what you're about to hear, it's just for our Planet Money plus supporters.
0:53.7	But today we're making this bonus episode available to everyone, to all.
0:57.8	Yes, these episodes come out every two weeks.
1:02.0	You know, basically our bonus episodes, they might be extended cuts of interviews.
1:06.5	They might be interviews that come from our newsletter.
1:09.1	We might talk about how an episode was made.
1:12.1	Occasionally we do a movie club where we talk about economics and a film. Kenny, I understand
1:17.4	that you are going to do that again soon. Love it. Oh, yeah. Christmas at the alpaca farm.
1:23.9	Is that really the movie? Yeah. There is a lot of economics in this, the economics of how Christmas rom-coms get made, the economics
1:31.0	of the fiber markets.
1:32.8	And the more I say it, I know the more it sounds like it is a joke, it's not a joke.
1:36.2	Sounds delightful and seasonal, honestly.
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