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1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster 433

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, 2007 @05:22PM from the put-it-in-the-circular-file dept.

blackmonday writes "The Consumerist is reporting a find of 1,300 unopened rebate submissions in a dumpster belonging to Vastech, a rebate processor hired by Fry's Electronics. Vastech's management blames it on a bad employee."

DHS Ends Data-Mining Program 75

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, 2007 @04:31PM from the and-i-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you dept.

ExE122 writes "The Department of Homeland Security has "scrapped an ambitious anti-terrorism data-mining tool." The tool, called ADVISE, was being tested with live data rather than test data without having proper security in place. This program had already been under criticism by privacy advocates and members of Congress. However, according to the article, a DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once the security and cost are re-evaluated."

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