That's it--I surrender. If you e-mail me at ddonston@eweek.com, I'll send you all my personal info.

I might as well.

In 2006, the information of people who had used their credit and debit cards at TJX stores was exposed. As a sometime shopper at Marshalls and TJ Maxx, that included me. My bank sent me a new debit card, and I was urged to watch my financial transactions and credit report carefully to see if anyone is using my information.

Also in 2006, the personal information of people who subscribed to the Boston Globe and Worcester Telegram was printed out, and the printouts were used to wrap bundles of newspapers going out for delivery. I subscribe to both papers and, yes, used my credit card to pay the monthly subscription. I was notified of the breach and encouraged to check my financial transactions and credit report to see if anyone is using my information.

Now, I find out, the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain has announced a security breach that has led to thefts of credit and debit card numbers in more than 200 stores. The breach apparently affected all of Hannaford's Northeast stores. I shop at Hannaford's--have for years--and, yes, use my debit card. I have not been notified of the breach by Hannaford's--I just read about it at Boston.com--but I expect that I will be urged to watch my financial transactions carefully and to get a copy of my credit report to see if anyone is using my information.

Now, I work full-time, at a pretty demanding job. I have two children, both of whom are very busy with school, sports and other activities. So, I do a lot of driving and organizing on their behalf. Then there are the chores and errands that never seem to get done. Sometimes I even like to just hang out with my family, read or watch a movie.

But, given the amount of time I'm supposed to be spending checking my financial transactions and my credit report, something will have to give. Maybe I can go part-time, or ask my kids to give up some activities. I guess I don't really have to clean as much as I do (which, er, isn't much, admittedly). I think doing laundry and grocery shopping are important enough to continue, but, all that hanging out, reading and movie watching, well, those things can go.

I mean, COME ON! How many of these data breaches have we reported on? How often have companies said "We're sorry" and "We'll do everything we can to help our customers," only to have the very large onus be put on those customers to make sure they're not getting robbed blind?

I think I am going to start asking every store at which I shop to give me a report on what they are doing to protect my data. Either that, or I am going to start dealing only in cash. That's assuming that I have any cash to deal in, considering all the bad guys who potentially have my info.