The privacy of Rewards member e-mail addresses? (Revisited)

[ron_newman]

On April 23, someone posted a link to a public Brierley.com website where anyone could look up any Borders Rewards member by Rewards card number, e-mail address, or phone number (last 7 digits only

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I still think a class action suit is appropriate

[anonymous]

I personally entered hundreds of emails and assured folks of their security.

When I discovered the link last year and reported it, I was horrifed by the dead silence from corporate.
The site was down after I went public but yes it is now back and I am stunned by this.
If someone wants to find a lawyer, I have all of my correspondence with borders and open mike.

Underperformer.

Re: I still think a class action suit is appropriate

[anonymous]

I think you'd need to be able to prove there was some kind of damage done to file a suit.

I sent a message directly to Brierly (www.brierly.com) to let them know about the breach. They might wonder who Pidgie Scoot is, but maybe they'll do something about it.

Re: I still think a class action suit is appropriate

[anonymous]

You need to prove damages to actually win any money in a suit. You don't need to prove anything to file a suit. You just need to file it and pay the fee.

But, at the risk of asking a stupid question, what's the point? The bankruptcy court has broad powers to modify existing agreements. If they order a sale of the website and it's "assets" (e.g. email addresses) to another party, then it's a done deal and you have no suit and no basis to win one if you are stupid enough to file it.

Further, who would sue? Borders? Last time I check that had over $1 billion in debt and are going out of business. You can't sue whoever buys it because they'll own an asset essentially conveyed to them by a judge without any strings attached.

Talk of a law suit or class action suit is just plain stupid.

Re: I still think a class action suit is appropriate

[ron_newman]

I really doubt that the bankruptcy court ordered Borders or Brierley to make that lookup website publicly available. Perhaps Brierley would be the appropriate target of a lawsuit if someone actually filed one. Having this database open to the public seems like an act of negligence.

[anonymous]

So many of the emails and phone numbers we all entered were fake. Either that or get written up. Wouldn't it be nice if the list was largely unusable? HAHAHAHA!

Well, you get what you pay for.

[ext_686960]

Yeah, I did contribute a few "fake e-mails" back when the card was free. Then one of my co-irkers did the same idea, only she did it with the BR+. Her method involved getting Senior Citizens into BR+ by making up an e-mail.

you should have been fired

[anonymous]

you should have been fired. That's BR fraud, punishable by termination. Well, i have your name now, so perhaps I'll blow the whistle on you before the company goes kaput, create a nice little hole in your work history and a termination on your record...

Re: you should have been fired

[ext_686960]

Remember, i'm the She-Male at Store 75. Don't forget that!!

[anonymous]

This topic? Who gives a flying fuck?

[ron_newman]

Customers who put their names and e-mail addresses into this database, not expecting them to be made available to the public.

[anonymous]

It's gone again.

Safe again?

[anonymous]

That website appears to be unavailable again, at least to the public. The link just takes you to a blank page.

Re: Safe again?

[ron_newman]

Glad to see this. I edited the original post appropriately.