This is like a Monty Python sketch, "Dear Prime Minister, I would be most obliged if you would be so kind as to notify us once you are certain that you have lost our data irretrievably and compromised our identity. Your faithful servant..."

Wouldn't it be a lot simpler to begin the process of securing our data in the first place?

The website documenting data losses, Attrition.org, reports that between Dec 12th and 18th, over 400,000 names and details were 'lost' in 10 data breach incidents.

This type of occurence is going to be the norm rather than the exception. It's time that we as a population educated ourselves as to the meaning and risks of identity theft.

I have posted a note here www.realtea.net/id_theft that may shed a little more light on the matter.