Canceling a hacked bank account is simple enough, but a breached fingerprint isn’t replaceable with a call to a 1-800 phone number.
But not everyone may know when their biometric data falls into the hands of an unauthorized party. Only 16 states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Washington state—require notification if a resident’s fingerprint or other biometric information is breached.
