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Hannaford hit by class-action lawsuits in wake of data-breach disclosure

2008-03-20 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Just days after Hannaford Bros. disclosed that intruders had stolen 4.2 million payment-card numbers from its systems, the grocer has already been hit by two class-action lawsuits
 
Tags: class-action lawsuits, hannaford bros, hit, million payment-card, intruders, grocer, days, systems
 
 
 
 
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Hannaford breach update: Class action lawsuits filed on behalf of victims

2008-03-21 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of 4.2 million Hannaford breach victims
 
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Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits may follow

2008-05-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b64a68 in Network World on Security
 
Google has begun scanning the streets of Paris, gathering data for its Street View service, which adds street-level photography to the satellite views offered by Google Maps. The search company will gather a wealth of data from the project but, thanks to France's strict privacy laws, it may also pick up a few lawsuits on the way if it chooses to...
 
Tags: google, google maps, street view service, strict privacy laws, satellite views, lawsuits, paris, data, street-level photography
 
 
 
 
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Facing Lawsuits, Pirate Bay Says They Can Pay Monopoly Money

2008-05-09 13:54:00 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...lawsuits for hosting their torrent trove of pirated treasures But they wouldnt be pirates if they didnt have witty, snarky come-backs to their pursuers like the following Peter Sunde has reportedly said, in response to the latest lawsuit We might be able to pay in Monopoly money. This proves that they are out of touch with reality. They might...
 
Tags: monopoly money, sunde, peter sunde, movie industry, international lawsuits, billion crowns, weild parrots, snarky come-backs, research
 
 
 
 
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ID fraud-prevention firm LifeLock hit with customer lawsuits

2008-05-22 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
LifeLock, which has 900,000 subscribers for its identity theft protection service, faces class-action lawsuits in three states charging it with false advertising and deceptive trade practices
 
Tags: deceptive trade practices, lifelock, class-action lawsuits, false, subscribers
 
 
 
 
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The Pros and Cons of LifeLock

2008-06-12 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...lawsuits. And the stories in the media ... it's like a piranha feeding frenzy There are also a lot of errors and misconceptions. With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social Security number and dares people to steal his identity -- Todd Davis, 457-55-5462 -- LifeLock is a company that's easy to hate. But the...
 
Tags: credit reports, credit, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau, lifelock, issue credit
 
 
 
 
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LifeLock and Identity Theft

2008-06-17 06:51:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...lawsuits. And the stories in the media ... it's like a piranha feeding frenzy There are also a lot of errors and misconceptions. With its aggressive advertising campaign and a CEO who publishes his Social Security number and dares people to steal his identity -- Todd Davis, 457-55-5462 -- LifeLock is a company that's easy to hate. But the...
 
Tags: identity theft, credit reports, credit, identity, credit card, fraud alerts permanent, fraud, credit industry, experian credit bureau
 
 
 
 
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10 things you should be doing to protect your company against email risks

2007-11-02 23:30:15 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...lawsuits regarding invasion of privacy. Have your users sign the email policy to confirm that they have read and understood the regulations. For more information on what to include in your Email policy, got to the blog article Ten points to include in your email-policy 2: Train users ; Regularly train users in applying the email policy. Help...
 
Tags: policy, email policy violations, email-policy, email policy rules, rules, email policy, risks, email risks, email
 
 
 
 
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Former LendingTree employees sold access to customer information

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2008-04-23 13:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...lawsuits against the lenders and other persons involved Evan] What? How do you promptly fix human behavior? If there were such a simple fix for the problem that led to this incident then why wasn't it implemented prior to the incident? I don't buy it we have no reason to believe any identity theft or fraudulent financial activity resulted...
 
Tags: information, lendingtree, necessarily fault lendingtree, fault lendingtree, employment information, credit card information, lendingtree faqs, information security personnel, security
 
 
 
 
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