Identity Concern
On the occasion of my 5th anniversary, I bought one of those “one share of stock in a frame” gifts for Carolyn. I bought Disney stock, in honor of our honeymoon.
Yesterday I got a letter from Bank of New York Mellon Shareholder Services. They lost a backup tape back in February 2008 that contained my name, address, social security number, and stock ownership information. They state that they don’t believe that the information was misused but they are offering me free credit monitoring for 24 months and $25,000 of identity theft insurance. They will also pay any costs associated with placing a security freeze on my credit report and removing it once.
Now, I understand the need for this. I am an IT manager, and I know how tapes can be lost. What concerns me is the fact that the BNY Mellon Shareholder Services folks didn’t encrypt the information in their system. I completed a project several years ago to encrypt all credit card information within our company.
Watch your credit, folks.
Adoption Game Show
ABC’s 20/20 television show is scheduled to air a program on Friday showing 5 couples competing to adopt a baby born to a 16-year-old pregnant high school student.
This is just vile and disgusting. ABC has passed FOX as the most depraved TV network. A CHILD is NOT a PRIZE! Reality shows in general are pretty poor (in my opinion), but this has to take the cake.
What’s next – a contest to get the 16-year-old pregnant in the first place?
Here we have more proof that Disney has fallen far, and fallen fast.
(Hat Tip: A Small Victory)
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