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Chase throws tapes in trash with Circuit City customer data
Posted on Sep 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Chase Card Services says it's notifying more than two and a-half (m) million Circuit City credit card holders that computer tapes containing their personal information were mistakenly thrown in the trash.
The company says it thinks the tapes -- which were stored in a locked box and contained some card holders' Social Security numbers -- were compacted, destroyed and buried in a dump.
Filed under: Data Breach
Comments
Tom Rock on Jan 27, 2007
My trash was stolen several years ago by a neighbor within the condominium community where I live. At the time, I was President of the Condo Association. Taken were printed emails, between myself, the Assoc. attorney, and other officers of the Board. Also letters, CC statements, and other personal items.
All of this information was packaged and distributed to all members at the 2002 Annual Meeting. Now the neighbor is using that same information as evidence to sue me and several members of the board.
Is he guilty of a crime...?
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It depends on the state you live in I believe. And it might depend on case law--what judges have decided over time. I remember in The recent past, there were court fights over privacy rights vs. trash being public property. I certainly think you have a prety good case that this person stole from you. But I would research this one the web first or consult a lawyer.
--Tom, Truston
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