Can we blame spring for all these boo-boos companies make exposing our private information data? To name a few RadioShack and T J Maxx found themselves in lawsuit for Identity Theft Violations.
State of Texas suing RadioShack for identity theft violations - The Attorney General’s office of Texas has sued the retailing giant RadioShack claiming that the company violated the 2005 Texas Identity Theft Act.
The act requires the companies to shred or erase documents with sensitive information. If RadioShack is found guilty of the crime, they might have to pay up to $50,000 per violation.
Attorney General Greg Abbott has claimed that the employees of the retailer dumped more than 20 boxes which were full of documents containing customer credit applications and receipts.
What can we say? Have you heard of dumpster diving?? Use the shredder!!!!!
What's the story with TJMaxx?
More than two months after first disclosing that hackers accessed customers' financial data from its computers, discount retailer TJX Cos. has revealed that information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen over an 18-month period.
In a regulatory filing that gives the first detailed account of the breach initially disclosed in January, the owner of T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and other stores in North America and the United Kingdom also said another 455,000 customers who returned merchandise without receipts had their personal data stolen, including driver's license numbers.
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