Equifax breach disclosure would have failed Europe’s tough new rules

Equifax breach disclosure would have failed Europe’s tough new rules

U.S. consumers hearing the news yesterday of a massive Equifax data breach, which the company revealed potentially affects 143 million consumers, and includes data such as names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, drivers’ licenses and — for a subset of hundreds of thousands — credit card information too, not only had to contemplate the …