Adam Fields (weblog)

This blog is largely deprecated, but is being preserved here for historical interest. Check out my index page at adamfields.com for more up to date info. My main trade is technology strategy, process/project management, and performance optimization consulting, with a focus on enterprise and open source CMS and related technologies. More information. I write periodic long pieces here, shorter stuff goes on twitter or app.net.

3/9/2005

And the dominoes begin to tumble

Filed under: — adam @ 9:40 pm

LexisNexis loses data on 30,000 customers to data thieves. We apologize for the unfortunate… well, you know how it goes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/09/technology/10cnd-data.html

Even worse, it was pointed out to me that LexisNexis does not allow you to opt out of their data collection under most circumstances, and only at their discretion with proof of an exploit:

http://www.lexisnexis.com/terms/privacy/data/remove.asp

I wonder if the LexisNexis exploit counts.

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