Archive for June, 2007
IBM loses employee data
For the second time in as many years, a corporation possessing digital records containing my name, employment history, and Social Security number has notified me that it lost a tape in transit containing that data.
Friday I received a letter from IBM Human Resources VP Barbara Brickmeier. The data was lost in February, 2007.
We are writing because of an incident that has resulted in the loss of information relating to your IBM employment, and wanted to inform you about what happened and explain steps IBM is taking to help protect you.”
Recently, data tapes were lost while being transported by a vendor.”
As a result, IBM is giving me one free year credit monitoring via third party Kroll, Inc. One year free monitoring because, as the letter states, “We believe one year of credit monitoring is appropriate in connection with this incident.” I disagree. The coverage should extend up to the time of my death, which is how long I’ll be using my Social Security number to function in this economy. And I plan on being around another 50 years or so.
[tags]corporate accountability,identity theft[/tags]
