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Comments on: Canadian privacy commissioner slams TJX data policy

And in other news... 

Posted Thursday 27th September 2007 11:10 GMT

"The company collected too much personal information, kept it too long and relied on weak encryption technology to protect it – putting the privacy of millions of its customers at risk,"

And in other news, a bear was caught defecating in the woods, and the Pope has been accused of exhibiting catholic tendencies.

Damn obvious... 

Posted Thursday 27th September 2007 13:00 GMT

This is the same shop that used WEP to protect their wireless networks. And we need an investigation by the Canadian privacy commissioner to find that?

Contravened the law??? 

Posted Friday 28th September 2007 06:12 GMT

Interesting choice of words. Is that less serious than actually breaking the law? Maybe I should consider that plea when stopped for speeding.

Bottom line: where are the personal prosecutions to stop it happening again?

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