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HSBC makes private customer data public

By Glen Ashman

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HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data

PC World ? Fri Dec 4, 8:20 pm ET  

HSBC Bank says a bug in its imaging software inadvertently exposed sensitive data about some of its customers going through bankruptcy proceedings.  In notification letters made public Thursday, the bank said it had redacted sensitive information in Chapter 13 bankruptcy proof-of-claim forms that were filed electronically, but that the information turned out to be viewable "as a result of the deficiency in the software used to save imaged documents..."Some customers of the following HSBC companies are affected: HSBC Taxpayer Financial Services, Beneficial New Hampshire and Household Finance Corporation... The data disclosed may have covered HSBC credit card, line-of-credit or mortgage information

Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on December 05, 2009 (boomark / email).

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