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RadioShack Sued Over Texas ID Theft Law

Via Reuters.

RadioShack Corp. was sued on Monday by the Texas Attorney General's office, which charged that the electronics retailer exposed consumers to potential identity theft by dumping data such as addresses and credit-card numbers in a trash bin behind one of its stores.

The civil suit, filed in San Patricio County, Texas, accuses the company of violating the state's 2005 Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, which requires businesses to protect consumer records that contain sensitive information.

RadioShack, based in Fort Worth, Texas, did not return phone calls seeking comment.

According to the complaint, which was posted on the state attorney general's Web site, "thousands" of records containing customer names, addresses, telephone numbers and other data were found in a trash can in an alley behind a RadioShack store located in Portland, Texas, in March 2007.

posted by Fergie @ 4/02/2007 04:56:00 PM