Tuesday, April 03, 2007
RadioShack Records Found in Dumpster
RadioShack Records Found in Dumpster
April 2nd, 2007
Data Loss Source: Thousands of records containing customer names, addresses, telephone numbers and other data were found in a trash can in an alley behind a RadioShack store located in Portland, Texas.
Date of Loss: March 28, 2007
Size of Loss: Thousands of customer and employee records
Affected Individuals: RadioShack customers and employees
Geographic Focus: Corpus Christi, TX
Data contained: According to investigators, the records contained sensitive consumer information, including Social Security numbers, credit and debit card information, names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
Additional Notes: A complaint posted on the state attorney general’s Web site says that RadioShack “failed to safeguard the information by shredding, erasing or other means, to make it unreadable or undecipherable before disposing of its business records”.
April 2nd, 2007
Data Loss Source: Thousands of records containing customer names, addresses, telephone numbers and other data were found in a trash can in an alley behind a RadioShack store located in Portland, Texas.
Date of Loss: March 28, 2007
Size of Loss: Thousands of customer and employee records
Affected Individuals: RadioShack customers and employees
Geographic Focus: Corpus Christi, TX
Data contained: According to investigators, the records contained sensitive consumer information, including Social Security numbers, credit and debit card information, names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
Additional Notes: A complaint posted on the state attorney general’s Web site says that RadioShack “failed to safeguard the information by shredding, erasing or other means, to make it unreadable or undecipherable before disposing of its business records”.
# posted by raveneye @ 9:06 PM 
