Comments on: Was Your Credit Card Number Stolen in February? http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:50:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Investorial http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-19467 Investorial Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:46:45 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-19467 I'm glad you did a balanced piece on this instance, not that identity theft is not a serious issue. You are right about "new media" jumping on identity theft involving corporate laptops. The last one in memory was the Fidelity / HP incident. I’m glad you did a balanced piece on this instance, not that identity theft is not a serious issue.

You are right about “new media” jumping on identity theft involving corporate laptops. The last one in memory was the Fidelity / HP incident.

]]> By: John Koontz http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-19008 John Koontz Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:31:15 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-19008 I recently received notification that my personal information was on a stolen laptop. The firm offered to pay for a years worth of credit watch, which I gladly accepted. But my concern is that the crook probably knows everyone is watching their credit for one year for free. So now all he/she has to do is sit on the information for a year until people start to let their guard down. Now I feel I must keep paying for the credit watch after the year is over. I recently received notification that my personal information was on a stolen laptop. The firm offered to pay for a years worth of credit watch, which I gladly accepted. But my concern is that the crook probably knows everyone is watching their credit for one year for free. So now all he/she has to do is sit on the information for a year until people start to let their guard down. Now I feel I must keep paying for the credit watch after the year is over.

]]> By: » Weekly PF Blogarific Roundup on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-18883 » Weekly PF Blogarific Roundup on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:11:39 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/06/02/was-your-credit-card-number-stolen-in-february/#comment-18883 [...] If you’ve ever booked a room with Hotels.com, Flexo has some news… credit card numbers and names of 234,000 customers were stolen from an Ernst & Young employee (they were on a password protected laptop) in February. I want to know why the E&Y employee even had credit card numbers on the PC in the first place, is it necessary? No. [...] [...] If you’ve ever booked a room with Hotels.com, Flexo has some news… credit card numbers and names of 234,000 customers were stolen from an Ernst & Young employee (they were on a password protected laptop) in February. I want to know why the E&Y employee even had credit card numbers on the PC in the first place, is it necessary? No. [...]

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