Comments on: The Librarian Wins In The Data Breach David Vs. Goliath Battle

By: Frank McGill

Frank McGill — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:40:46 +0000

Outstanding article. This should have received much more publicity.

By: Certified G

Certified G — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:35:42 +0000

This dude is certified gangsta!He walk the walk when all you other fools just talk.Too bad this didn’t become a national story.

By: long time Sprint customer

long time Sprint customer — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:21:44 +0000

Any pro bono legal advice applicable for cell phone contract disputes in small claims court contract would be welcome too. Everything regarding the contract was verbal (over the phone) so I asked them to pull a recording of the conversation to prove me wrong and I got the usual “Customer Care”? runaround.

By: long time Sprint customer

long time Sprint customer — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:09:01 +0000

I’m interested in suing Sprint for promising me a $10/month discount for being a long-time customer when changing to a new plan but the discount never appeared on my bill. They now deny that I was promised it. I’m interested in hearing from others with the same experience to make a stronger case.

By: D Low (Carol City)

D Low (Carol City) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:42:59 +0000

This guy worked at the library in Carol City, Miami.Cool guy, helps everyone.He down. DL

By: Ken Thore

Ken Thore — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:47:02 +0000

This guy should run for office.I’d vote for him.That thinking outide the box.

By: Jon McGinn

Jon McGinn — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:13:25 +0000

Jane Don’t, Way to go, David. This is actually a huge story that I hope will get a lot of folks to follow suit — yes, pun intended.

By: Jed Summerton

Jed Summerton — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:13 +0000

This article is informative about the court case and settlement – but not about what happened to the plaintiff (the breach itself). So I have no context by which to judge the importance of the ruling. Can you provide me a link that describes the “breach”?

By: Evan Schuman

Evan Schuman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:11:18 +0000

Not sure I see your point. The librarian in this case tried to contact Wells Fargo and Sprint to say that he shouldn’t be on their lists, but they never responded to that question, according to the librarian. The economics of a traditional lawsuit wouldn’t work so he came up with the idea of going the Small Claims Court route.

By: Jane Dont

Jane Dont — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:03:07 +0000

OMG, is this all you have to worry about? If the victim were to attempt to recover in “traditional” (your term) courts, how are they supposed to prove the mechanics of a breach, when the retailers/banks/processors hold all the technology cards?!? If there is anything to be learned here, it is that holders of financial data need to determine exactly which accounts were exposed, and only mail notifications to those affected. If this man was never a WF or SN customer, they shouldn’t have his data in the first place. Sheesh.