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Al Franken keeping eye on Epsilon breach

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dissent

Tony Romm reports:

Add Sen. Al Franken to the growing list of members casting a skeptical eye on Epsilon.

A data breach that allowed hackers access to the names and email addresses of consumers who do business with Target, Best Buy, TiVo and other Epsilon clients led Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday to vow to “do more to protect Americans’ digital information.”

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