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The Terrorists May Have Already Won, In Bed
By 5.5.06
According to this article, your identity can be stolen simply from your airplane ticket stub. The story also has some interesting information about how American travelers are classified to government security experts, based on sophisticated data mining techniques drawing from every piece of information available about you. The system is purported to rank travelers as risks using an increasing danger code of green, amber and red.
Aetna Loses Laptop With 38,000 User’s Personal Info
By 4.27.06
month not to leave our laptops in the car. Also, we have to sign the “Code of Conduct” every year, part of which says ‘I promise not to leave my company laptop in the car.’ “
UPDATE: Calls From A Stranger
By 4.21.06
Courtney tips that she’s received a Spanish spam call, this time from 301-392-8219, based out of La Plata, Maryland and registered to Verizon. We’ve also received reports about 305-503-8068. If anyone gets calls from these numbers, report it to your cell phone company and even the police. The police have the ability to access the records to trace these calls back to their source.
Fidelity Loses Laptop Containing Customers’ Personal Info
By 4.20.06
A Fidelity laptop containing customer’s personal data was stolen on March 15th but one man didn’t find out until last week, April 13th.
I.R.S. Demands PayPal Records
By 4.12.06
Would-be Count of Monte Cristo’s beware, the IRS has won approval from a federal court to get Paypal to turn over records about people who may be dodging the taxman by stashing dough in foreign lands.
Orwellian in Implication Call-Center Recording System Pitch Letter Intercepted
By 4.5.06
This email is so money. It’s a pitch letter from NICE, the call recording system used by 67% of the Fortune 100. As we suspected, your call gets digitized and can later be accessed by a manager searching for a key word. The email says, “For financial services firms, NICE can help cut legal risk and meet compliance rules. Did that customer say “sell” rather than “buy” as his lawyer now claims? The call is readily accessed for proof.”
GaMillions of ID Theft Victims
By 4.3.06
Victims of identity theft numbered an estimated 3.6 million in 2004, according to a new report by the Justice Department.
Telemarketing Chiropractor Sells Office Supplies, Conscience
By 3.30.06
Dr. Kirtland Speaks, the chiropractor who’s suing Louisiana for his right to telemarket car accident victims using their phone numbers found in public accident reports, well, he’s moving from Texas to Louisiana and he’s got a hydrocullator or two to get rid of.
Telemarketing Chiropractor’s Cellphone Called
By 3.30.06
Yesterday we told you about Dr. Kirtland Speaks, a back-cracker who’s suing for his right to telemarket to accident victims, using phone numbers from public accident reports. He’s alleging that preventing this marketing plan violates the First Amendment.
Doctor Sues to Telemarket Victims
By 3.29.06
Thanks to a chiropractor, ambulance chasers won’t even need a good pair of running shoes.
More Customers Mocked By Walgreens Pharmacy
By 3.24.06
Just over two weeks after a woman sued Walgreens for labeling her a “PSYCHO,” two more patients are suing for slanderous remarks attached to their prescription sheets.
HR 3997: Worst Bill Ever for Identity Theft?
By 3.15.06
HR 3997 might be a bill to watch if you’re concerned about your data getting sold to identity thieves by companies like ChoicePoint
A Ripped-Up Credit Card App Still Works
By 3.10.06
Rob Cockerham at Cockeyed.com tells us how we should all get paper shredders.
Walgreens Pharmacists Mock You Behind Your Back
By 3.8.06
How would you like to see this on your bottle of meds?
