by Subscriber Feed

Most consumers just dont believe that the personal and financial data they submit to corporations is safe. Thats the unmistakable takeaway from a new snap poll conducted by HyTrust.72.5% of nearly 2,000 respondents offered a resounding No to the question: Do you REALLY believe organizations care about your private data and keeping it safe and secure?While always in the news, the issue of information security has taken on greater urgency in recent months, due in part to a rash of high-profile data breaches. Brand-name retailer Target is still reeling from a series of revelations about the theft of confidential information late last year, with private data on some 100 million customers compromised.