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Yes, it is their responsibility as stewards of their citizens' data. What point are you making with the word "should"?

Sure, it is their responsibility, but that doesn't answer the question "Does it matter whether the data was poorly secured?"

If your house is robbed, does it matter whether you didn't have a state-of-the-art lock? A robbery is still a robbery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbKUv0701vE

It very much does matter.

Is it robbery when in this case it was a sign with information that you were planning on putting on your front fence for public display but while preparing it was left sitting in the front yard with a small fence.

If I walked past, saw it and remembered it or even recorded it, is that honestly theft?

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