[Am-info] Ziff Davis Media Settles Privacy Breach Investigation

[Fred A. Miller]

Ziff Davis Media Settles Privacy Breach Investigation

Ziff Davis Media has agreed to pay $125,000 as part of a settlement
following an investigation into a breach of customer data privacy. Ziff
Davis Media will also establish security practices to better protect
information online. According to state attorneys general involved in
the investigation, some of the people whose information was exposed
were victims of identity theft.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955841.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54817,00.html
Press Release from New York State Attorney General:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2002/aug/aug28a_02.html

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