Reply by PAW on 6/19/07 9:30pm Msg #195883
First time I'm hearing of them.
I went to their website to see what they are offering. I looked at their "sign up" application and decided that I cannot complete it. That page is not a secure page (https) and they ask for a lot of personal identifying information (PII): name, address, phone number combination and Social Security Number, to name a couple of items identified in the GLBA. The federal government has defined Personal Identifying Information as any piece of information which can potentially be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person. Under the Privacy Act, it is the responsibility of each business to protect that information, especially on the internet where things are wide open and easily captured. At a minimum, a secure server (https) should be employed when asking for this information online.
<I'll get off my soapbox now. Sorry for the diatribe.>
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