Safety of Personal Information Online

It seems like a different company is being hacked every day.  Just recently, according to the New York Times, Home Depot suffered a major hack where more than 60 million customers credit card information was obtained.  This is not acceptable.  These companies want our business and our money, but it seems they do not want to spend the extra money to make sure our personal and financial information is kept private and safe.  Home Depot even delayed telling its customers of the breach, which to me is cowardly.  I realize using a credit card is an easy way to purchase items, but I think from now on I will be using cash. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/home-depot-confirms-that-it-was-hacked/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0