[Dataloss] Chase Trashes Tapes With Client Info

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Courtesy PogoWasRight.org

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060907&ID=6002314

September 07, 2006 10:24 AM ET

Chase Card Services, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co., on Thursday said it 
is notifying 2.6 million Circuit City credit card holders that computer 
tapes containing their personal information were mistakenly thrown in the 
trash.

After an investigation by federal and local authorities, Chase said it 
believes the tapes -- which were stored in a locked box and contained some 
card holders' Social Security numbers -- were compacted, destroyed and 
buried in a landfill.

The company said it has been monitoring the affected accounts, including 
current and former card holders, and has not found any misuse of personal 
information.

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