Prompt: Visit PrivacyRights.org to see the types of publicly available information about data breaches. How might researchers use this information to study breaches and forecast future data breach trends ?

PrivacyRights.org has a lot of different information that can be used by researchers. The information that is available is which states report, the types of breaches, what organizations are targeted, and more. It even has a section to explain what types of information is being targeted for these breaches. This information is very helpful for researchers to pinpoint specific states and what types of breaches are occurring there. Using California as an example, the website shows that California has the most (reported) breaches. From there, the researchers are able to pinpoint which institutions are targeted, and what information is accessed the most. That can lead to predictions being made on breaches, and it even has the months available so they are able to possibly predict the most likely month for breaches to occur.