Data Theft and Corporate Irresponsibility?

cjsnell asks: "Today, I received a letter from a student loan provider notifying me that my name and social security number had been stolen along with a contractor's computer. This makes -four- agencies that have lost my personal information, in the last year. Today's letter was the most disappointing yet: the company, Texas Guaranteed, did not offer any credit report monitoring like the previous three had. Their advice? Send a letter to the credit bureaus. Gee, thanks. Clearly, mass identity theft is completely out of hand and there doesn't seem to be any government regulation for handling these situations, nor does there seem to be any punitive action against businesses that lose customers' data. Do we, as consumers, have any recourse against these businesses?"

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Re:Privations

[Doc Ruby]

You're working from the fascist playbook of privatized America, corporate anarchy.

The Bill of Rights specifies the inalienable rights that government must protect. Not just "inalieny" rights that only government must respect.

Shutting down Social Security would destroy the country, returning it to the Great Depression conditions we fixed with SS.

Letting the banks hide their transactions would give rich people and corporations unlimited power.

I bet you voted for Bush, who's attacked every one of the rights protected in the Bill of Rights. And is gunning for Social Security so he can steal it for his banker friends.

Dick Cheney, is that you?