The Washington Post has published shocking details about a database kept by Bush’s Department of Homeland Security. Apparently, when you pass through airports or drive into the US from Canada and Mexico, border agents input all kinds of information about you into a giant database.
What kinds of information are in the database? Well, agents [...]

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HOWTO: REMOVE YOUR INFORMATION FROM ZOOMINFO
Zoominfo might be invading your privacy right now.  They don’t make it easy to delete your information from their website, but here’s a simple 3 step process that should work.

1) Find your Zoominfo “Profile” (it may have been automatically created — without your permission).
To find your “Profile”, click “People Search” [...]

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Here’s your latest update to the continuing saga with VisaUSA, the issuer of my debit card from Washington Mutual. My card number was among thousands lost in an apparent computer security breach. WaMu informed me of the breach and gave me a new card with a new number. I’m not alone — [...]

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I’m still waiting for a call back from VisaUSA headquarters, but that doesn’t mean that The Most Important Blog… Ever’s investigation into which merchant lost tens of thousands of debit card numbers has come to a standstill.
Today, MasterCard reported that thousands of their debit card numbers have been compromised. That’s right — it’s getting [...]

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Well, today I finally had a chance to continue this modern-day battle of customer versus corporation.
I found a news story from Florida which explains what happened quite well. Apparently, an “as-yet unidentified” national retailer, one that accepts Visa debit cards, experienced a security breach in their computer systems. That comptuer breach allowed thousands (perhaps more) [...]

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