Online Privacy: What If Your Valuable, Personal Online Data Got Old and Died?

Online privacy is a hot potato.

VC notables Venrock, Kleiner Perkins, and Accel Partners are all betting big bucks on privacy startups. "Privacy is a big issue, and it's going to get bigger because people realize it can be used against you. That spells market opportunity," says Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins.

Meanwhile, the government is preparing to update existing legislation that protects individuals' personal data further, meaning someone's going to get burned. We're looking at you...