Chase Throws Out Info Of 2.6 Million Customers As Trash

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

This is interesting. I don’t even throw out anything even remotely financially related without shredding it. Yet Chase mistakenly threw out computer tapes with the info of 2.6 million customers. Granted it was in a locked box, and it’s not the same as me throwing out my statement with my whole credit card number on it, but still.

Chase Card Services said on Thursday that it mistakenly tossed out computer tapes with the personal information of Circuit City cardholders. It said it believes the tapes, inside a locked box, were compacted, destroyed and buried in a landfill.

“We deeply regret that this has occurred and apologize to those impacted,” Chase Card Services Chief Executive Rich Srednicki said in a statement. [Source: News.com]

We Say: For all the affected customers, I can say, thanks for the apology… Why does anyone still ask me if anything in this world is still private? I still get that question.

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