Use any tools offered to monitor credit following Ticketmaster data breach, says expert [Video]

Consumers who have fallen victim to corporate data breaches should stay vigilant about monitoring their personal accounts and financial information, but may not need to completely cancel or close affected accounts, according to a lawyer and data breach expert practising in Canada.

The advice comes in the wake of major data breaches affecting customers of companies as large as American telecom giant AT&T or the world’s largest ticket seller, Ticketmaster.

In particular, the instructions and support provided by those companies may be the best place to start, according to Brent Arnold.

“You should do what they tell you to do, because usually they give you some advice that’s intended to empower you to look after yourself and protect yourself,” said Arnold, lawyer and data breach counsel with law firm Gowling WLG in Toronto.