[Dataloss] follow-up: TJX Judge: Consumers Selling Vouchers Won't Cut It

[security curmudgeon]

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2192056,00.asp

By Evan Schuman
October 4, 2007

A U.S. District Court judge says the idea puts too much of the burden on 
the consumers.

When U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young told lawyers Sept. 27 that 
he had serious concerns about the proposed TJX settlement, he also took 
issue with the part that would allow for consumers to turn the vouchers 
into cash by selling them.

In a courtroom exchange, TJX attorney Harvey J. Wolkoff argued that there 
is an easy way for a consumer to turn the vouchers into cash.

"These vouchers are fully transferable, so that someone can take a $30 
voucher and sell it on eBayI've never done it myselfand get $25," Wolkoff 
said.

Replied Young: "Too hard for me, Mr. Wolkoff. Too hard for me. These are 
consumers. People know how to cash checks. Saying, 'Go to eBay and 
negotiate it' won't cut it."

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