Comments on: Chrysler Financial Loses Personal Data; Tells Customer Six Weeks Later http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:54:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Schwartz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-369962 Robert Schwartz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:39:13 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-369962 Probably not a Henry J., but I don't think it is a Chrysler product either. Probably not a Henry J., but I don’t think it is a Chrysler product either.

]]> By: Ralph SS http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-369712 Ralph SS Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:07:33 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-369712 I'm not sure what it is but I'm pretty sure it's not a Henry J. Plymouth show car from.....oh....late 50's? I’m not sure what it is but I’m pretty sure it’s not a Henry J. Plymouth show car from…..oh….late 50’s?

]]> By: Jeff Puthuff http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-369402 Jeff Puthuff Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:09 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-369402 Loss of privacy is one thing, but (for US citizens) someone having your SSN and all of your identity info is another. Thieves will sell your info to the Russian mafia in a heartbeat and you'll find on a check of your credit report accounts you never opened. The process of removing them and proving that they're not yours is arduous, very stressful. Just because it happens doesn't mean we should accept that it will happen or "get used to it." We should demand and receive the highest protection of OUR information. Loss of privacy is one thing, but (for US citizens) someone having your SSN and all of your identity info is another. Thieves will sell your info to the Russian mafia in a heartbeat and you’ll find on a check of your credit report accounts you never opened. The process of removing them and proving that they’re not yours is arduous, very stressful.

Just because it happens doesn’t mean we should accept that it will happen or “get used to it.” We should demand and receive the highest protection of OUR information.

]]> By: Matthew Danda http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-368802 Matthew Danda Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22:08 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-368802 Loss of privacy is an unavoidable consequence of this era. Get used to it. Loss of privacy is an unavoidable consequence of this era. Get used to it.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-368032 Robert Schwartz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-368032 I know that the license plate in the picture says Plymouth, but isn't that a Henry J? I know that the license plate in the picture says Plymouth, but isn’t that a Henry J?

]]> By: yankinwaoz http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-368022 yankinwaoz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:49:31 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-368022 As an IT pro, it is not UPS's fault. It is the fault of the party that put that data on the media without encrypting it. There is always a chance that media will be lost, no matter who is handling it. So if you have data that will be harmful if lost, then you must protect it. Simple encryption would have rendered the data useless to anyone without the key. That is what should and must be done. As an IT pro, it is not UPS’s fault. It is the fault of the party that put that data on the media without encrypting it.

There is always a chance that media will be lost, no matter who is handling it. So if you have data that will be harmful if lost, then you must protect it.

Simple encryption would have rendered the data useless to anyone without the key. That is what should and must be done.

]]> By: Brendon from Canada http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-367512 Brendon from Canada Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:32:13 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-367512 UPS rant? Hey, why not? I had a stereo receiver shipped up from the US a few years back and got a UPS tracking number. As I was anxiously waiting for receipt, I was checking twice a day for the "out-for-delivery" indication - I somehow missed that, but saw, one afternoon, that it was marked as delivered. Oddly, I was working from home all day and hadn't received anything! Turns out the UPS guy left it leaning against my deck in the back yard.... unfortunately it had been raining hard all day, and the box was a sodden lump. Their (initial, before I got angry) response? "It was delivered on time".... UPS rant? Hey, why not? I had a stereo receiver shipped up from the US a few years back and got a UPS tracking number. As I was anxiously waiting for receipt, I was checking twice a day for the “out-for-delivery” indication – I somehow missed that, but saw, one afternoon, that it was marked as delivered. Oddly, I was working from home all day and hadn’t received anything! Turns out the UPS guy left it leaning against my deck in the back yard…. unfortunately it had been raining hard all day, and the box was a sodden lump.

Their (initial, before I got angry) response? “It was delivered on time”….

]]> By: quasimondo http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/comment-page-1/#comment-367392 quasimondo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:12:30 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/chrysler-financial-loses-personal-data-tells-customer-six-weeks-later/#comment-367392 I've always tried to avoid UPS, especially after they've repeatedly left packages with neighbors that I don't know. What can Brown lose for you? I’ve always tried to avoid UPS, especially after they’ve repeatedly left packages with neighbors that I don’t know.

What can Brown lose for you?

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