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Americans woke up to news of yet another mass breach of their personal data.

Americans woke up to news of yet another mass breach of data about them.

FTFY

could you elaborate on what you mean by making this distinction, please?

People are being pedantic about the actual meaning of words as opposed to the commonly-understood-and-accepted meaning of words.

It's annoying, because it distracts from the immediate issue and causes confusion.

I think the idea is that "personal" implies ownership and the second one doesn't.