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Companies that Own and Manage Payday Lending and Check Cashing Stores to Settle FTC Charges That They Tossed Sensitive Consumer Data into Trash Dumpsters

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Dissent

Well, you read it here already, but now the FTC has officially announced its settlement with PLS Financial and Payday Loan Store over dumping of customer data.

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Hack attack: Pizza Hut loses customer information

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dissent

Ben Grubb reports: Pizza Hut says hackers gained access to the personal information of its customers via its website. Users of the Whirlpool broadband forum and social news website Reddit first noticed the pizza maker’s website had been defaced on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday evening Pizza Hut general manager Graeme Houston issued a statement to technology websites ZDNet and Gizmodo confirming details…

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The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dissent

I continue to look for coverage of the FTC lawsuit against Wyndham, a topic I’ve covered in a number of blog posts.  I’m glad to see that my uploading some of the court documents may have encouraged or facilitated discussion. Adam M. Veness of Mintz Levin discusses the FTC’s response to Wyndham’s motion to dismiss:…

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China’s Yihaodian vows more user privacy protection

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Sarah Reeve writes: Yihaodian.com, a Chinese online grocery store controlled by US retailing giant Wal-Mart, has vowed to protect users’ privacy after some of its employees have been accused of selling user information, Global Times reported. The website reported the case to the police and upgraded its website system after it found its user information…

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Rental leases with personal information found outside apartment complex

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Keke Collins reports from South Carolina:   Pictures taken in July show boxes of old leasing agreements from Cypress Cove Apartments in West Ashley tossed outside the complex’s storage unit area. The papers, which were discovered this past July, were full of social security numbers, credit reports, W-2  forms, addresses and phone numbers from previous residents….

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Facebook flaw bypasses password protections

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

  Facebook has moved quickly to shut down a loophole which made some accounts accessible without a password. The bug was exposed in a message posted to the Hacker News website. The message contained a search string that, when used on Google, returned a list of links to 1.32 million Facebook accounts. In some cases…

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