I am fascinated about this topic and conflicted about how it will all play out. Breaches are bad but the fundamental problem is that organizations are collecting so much data about people that it doesn't matter if there is a breach (there will be) - their normal business operations will exploit that data for profit. I'm all for profit but not the way it is currently done with data collection. 

I really hope people become more aware of: how valuable their data is, how much can be discerned from simple data sets and cross referencing, the fact that they give up what amounts to billion dollar industry for points or fake money / rewards. I put everything on a credit card because it is immensely easy but I miss the days of paying in cash. I don't want every single purchase I make to be recorded, distributed, analyzed, etc. by 3rd parties. 

I also tend to think that technology workers like us (the people reading this site) should be at the forefront of these issues. Who better to explain them?

The fundamental problem is the data collection and our willingness to trade it for cheap perks. I don't think top level down regulation will be successful (it may or may not). My preference is for a grassroots movement among the population to decide we want to go in a very different direction...one towards respecting our privacy.