Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights Limitations of Identity Theft Services

Citation
Data Breaches: Range of Consumer Risks Highlights Limitations of Identity Theft Services (GAO-19-230) (Mar. 27, 2019) (full-text).

Overview
Recent large-scale data breaches of public and private entities have put hundreds of millions of people at risk of identity theft or other harm. The GAO was asked to review issues related to consumers' options to address risks of harm from data breaches. This report, among other things, examines information and expert views on the effectiveness of consumer options to address data breach risks.