[Veserv]

Establishing the presence of any data breach is far easier than establishing the exact scope. My proposal moves the burden of proof to just establishing the former and demanding the company prove the latter. This is a division of labor that is common in safety critical industrys with decades of proven results supporting the effectiveness of such a regime.

Your complaint that the situation will just turn into everybody acknowledging that they are hopelessly insecure is a far better situation than now where everybody lies by claiming that they are secure. It results in the acknowledgement of breaches and the acceptance of liability that would be helpful for future legislation that can actually apply penaltys for delivering products that are defective with respect to security.