consumer privacy

In a May 22 letter from Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the FTC drew a line in the sand in the ConnectEDU bankruptcy case. ConnectEDU was a venture funded tech start-up that provided data-driven services to help college students evaluate career options and paths.

CIO Magazine recently published an interesting article about the sometimes loose treatment of business and customer data in liquidations. It talks about improper disposition of sensitive customer data and the habit of trustees and liquidators of auctioning off computers without first scrubbing them of data.