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Network Solutions Data Breach Hits 574,000 Consumers
Posted on July 28th, 2009 No commentsAn E-Commerce software company that, as part of its service for small retailers accepted payment card data and then sent it to various processors, has found itself on the wrong end of a breached company news release, confirming that payment data from some 574,000 customers—processed through 4,343 of its small retail clients—had been accessed. The stolen data included transaction specifics, card account numbers, names and consumer addresses. The vendor—Network Solutions—had been certified PCI compliant (you just knew that was coming, no?)The details include an early PCI attempt to try and walk back the certification, retailers complaining about their names appearing in a breach notification letter and the vendor bringing in General Dynamics, a familiar name from the data breach probes of both TJX and Hannaford.
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Wal-Mart, Eyeing Mobile And Online, To Revamp Its Privacy Policy
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 No commentsOne month from now, Wal-Mart will unveil a radically changed privacy policy, one that envisions a merged channel world, where consumers are as likely to use their phone and laptop to interact with Wal-Mart as much as they would walk into a store or speak with a call center. The policy talks about data not merely from a PCI and a purchase history perspective, but also from a security camera’s and cellphone’s perspective.”Our goal is to have it be completely comprehensive, for both online and offline,” said Zoe Strickland, the Wal-Mart VP who serves as the chain’s Chief Privacy Officer
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Wal-Mart, Eyeing Mobile And Online, To Revamp Its Privacy Policy
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