Chase Mistakenly Sends Customer Information Out with the Trash
Chase
Mistakenly Sends Customer Information Out with the Trash
Chase announced today that tapes containing the personal information
of 2.6 million current and former Circuit City credit card customers
were mistakenly thrown out with the trash. Chase attempted to
track the tapes and believes they were compacted and now reside
in a landfill. Chase has been monitoring the affected accounts
and hasn’t identified any misuse of personal information.
Free
credit monitoring service is being offered to anyone whose Social
Security number was on the tapes. Also, those affected are being
encouraged to contact one of the three national credit bureaus
to place a free 90-day fraud alert on their personal file and
request a copy of their credit report.
Circuit
City credit card customers were the only ones affected. Other
Chase credit card customers do not need to do anything.
