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| Online Brokerage Services: An Accident Waiting to Happen |
identity theft victim stories: online brokerage services: an accident waiting to happen posted: march 2001 by tracey thomas home online brokerage services: an accident waiting to happen the otheredge, without any notification that such an account had been set up. i did not become aware of the online account from the brokerage. i was made aware of it incidentally by a company i have stock in.isused that they are anything but secret. to use this as a secure barrier against unauthorized access is absurd. even though you can pick a password, thus "securing" your account, if youme with my problem! so, now i am being asked to provide my sensitive data to someone who i don't want to have it, who shouldn't need it, and all for a "service" that i never wanted or askedevery online brokerage and bank that i could find, looking for accounts that were easily compromised. i think the latest fiasco of the busboy from new york should be more than enough to convince usg people sift through volumes of junk mail. other times, it is much more than an annoyance. it is downright dangerous to the consumer, as it is with pre-approved offers of credit. "services" when they automatically sign us up for new services without us asking for them. business would be a whole lot wiser to simply "push" us the knowledge that new services exist, and give
http://www.privacyrights.org/cases/victim17.htm - 12k
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